A majority of Airmen assigned to Bagram Airfield live on a compound called Camp Cunningham, but few know the story of the hero whose name it bears.
Senior Airman Jason Cunningham was a Carlsbad, New Mexico native who joined the Air Force’s elite combat rescue training program and graduated pararescue training in June 2001.
Shortly after being deployed to Southwest Asia in 2002, he found himself as the primary Air Force combat search and rescue medic assigned to a quick reaction force.
His actions in battle saved lives, even after he was critically wounded, he continued to direct patient movement and transferred care to another medic before eventually succumbing to his wounds.