AWARDED DFC: 3
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  F-100

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain Wells T. Jackson for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-100 pilot in Southeast Asia on 1 February 1968. On that date, Captain Jackson flew a combat mission in support of friendly ground forces under heavy attack. Using only his instrument panel for ordnance selection due to low ceilings, Captain Jackson delivered his ordnance with outstanding accuracy and aggressiveness. As a result of this, heavy loss and damage was inflicted upon the battle forces, and the aggression upon the friendlies was lifted. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Jackson 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 Captain Wells T. Jackson for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-100F Forward Air Controller operating over North Vietnam on 7 June 1968. On that date, Captain Jackson located and directed armed fighters against a large, heavily defended, surface-to-air missile complex just north of the Demilitarized Zone. In the face of intense hostile ground fire, he made repeated marking and reconnaissance passes against the missiles and support equipment. His courage and aggressiveness eliminated a severe threat to friendly aircraft operating in that area. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Jackson reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

3.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) to Captain Wells T. Jackson for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-100F Forward Air Controller over North Vietnam on 22 June 1968. On that date, Captain Jackson participated in the location and destruction of one of the most lucrative truck park and supply areas in the southern panhandle. His skill and professionalism in marking targets and in controlling armed fighters while avoiding heavy automatic weapons fire from an adjoining gun site, was instrumental in destroying a large quantity of ammunition and supplies before they could be transhipped to forward staging areas for use against allied ground forces. The total bomb damage assessment for the flights controlled by Captain Jackson and his fellow air controllers was: 13 trucks destroyed, 209 secondary ammunition explosions, 17 sustained secondary fires, 13 secondary ammunition fires with continuous small explosions, and five petroleum fires. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Captain Jackson reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.