(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Lindsay Gordon Heisler, United States Air Force, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as co-pilot/gunner of an AH-64 Apache Helicopter deployed with the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (Task Force Shadow), to Bagram, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Captain Heisler was engaged with enemy forces during the extraction of a Ranger unit. Despite taking indirect fire from all directions, Captain Heisler and her pilot positioned their Apache directly between U.S. troops and enemy forces as the extraction got underway, and she continually fired rounds from the helicopter’s 30-mm. chain gun to draw fire away from the Rangers and to suppress the enemy. Her professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty under all conditions serve as an inspiration to her fellow flyers. Captain Heisler’s actions reflect the highest credit upon herself and the United States Air Force.