AWARDED DFC: 2
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  AC-130A, C-130

Citation:  1.) The skill and truly professional efforts of Sergeant Davis a large volume of hostile forces' supplies and vehicles were destroyed. The professional competence, aerial skill and devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Davis reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

2.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (First Oak Leaf Cluster) to Technical Sergeant Robert B. Davis for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as the Flight Engineer on a C-130 aircraft in Southeast Asia on 18 August 1969. On that date, Sergeant Davis's mission was the Emergency Resupply of a critically needed twenty-seven thousand pound armored personnel carrier to the special forces base camp at Bu Dop, Republic of Vietnam. Despite adverse weather conditions, hostile ground fire and the hazards inherent in operating into a forward airfield, Sergeant Davis successfully accomplished this vital mission. His courage and superb airmanship contributed significantly to the airlift mission in Southeast Asia. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Davis reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.