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John M. Parker (May 17, 1924 - July 9, 2017) was a Colonel in the United States Air Force and commander of the USAF 509th Bomb Wing.^[1]

WWII

He was sworn into the United States Army Air Corps as an Aviation Cadet on December 15, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He conducted basic training at Keesler Field, MS and then advanced training at Napier Field in Dothan, Alabama, and completed B-29 Flight Engineering School at Eglin Air Force base. He had his orders to the 20th Air Force on Guam when Colonel Paul Tibbetts, commander of the 509th Bomb Group, dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Received his wings on December 23, 1944.

Cold War

^ "Commanders form distinguished list". Air Force. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.

[1] "Commanders form distinguished list". Air Force. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.

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