AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  -
MODEL:  AC-119K

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Staff Sergeant Virgil B. Ogletree, Jr., for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an AC-119K Illuminator Operator in Southeast Asia on 20 October 1971. On that date, Sergeant Ogletree and his crew flew an armed reconnaissance mission against infiltration routes being used by unfriendly forces. After locating a truck convoy, moving under the cover of darkness, Sergeant Ogletree's aircraft made repeated attacks against the convoy even though his aircraft came under extremely heavy and accurate hostile fire. Sergeant Ogletree's superior airmanship resulted in several hostile vehicles being destroyed and damaged. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Ogletree reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.