AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  RF-4C

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Stuart G. Hoyt for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an RF-4C Navigator over hostile territory on 5 August 1970. On that date, Captain Hoyt completed a highly important reconnaissance mission over a heavily defended area of Southeast Asia. In spite of intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire, he continued his photographic passes and returned evidence of significant new defensive positions which provided accurate intelligence assessment of hostile activities. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Hoyt reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.