AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  -

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Sheridan K. Hawk for extraordinary achievement as helicopter Co-Pilot on a vital and dangerous rescue mission near Lai Khe, Republic of Vietnam on 31 March 1967. On that date, the crew was scrambled at 0300 hours in a dense overcast to locate a pilot who had bailed out of his crippled fighter. Penetrating the heavy overcast and letting down through it with no navigational aide and encountering heavy visible ground fire from hostile forces, the crew located the downed pilot in the dark and hoisted him safely aboard the helicopter. The crew twice penetrated the heavy overcast and encountered ground fire three times during their attempt to locate and rescue the downed aircrewman. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Hawk reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.