AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  -
MODEL:  F-4

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Major Richard P. McQuade for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-4 Aircraft Commander in Southeast Asia on 25 February 1970. On that date, Major McQuade, working with a forward air controller, struck a storage area along a major road segment used for infiltration of troops and supplies into the Republic of Vietnam. Despite adverse strike conditions in this heavily defended area, Major McQuade's accurate ordnance deliveries inflicted heavy casualties upon the hostile forces and impeded the logistics flow along this route. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Major McQuade reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.