AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  C-130E

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Howard E. Robson for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a C-130E Navigator in Southeast Asia on 17 May 1972. On that date, Lieutenant Robson flew three tactical emergency airlift missions into Kontum with critically needed ammunition for the besieged allied forces. He successfully vectored his aircraft through numerous allied airstrikes and away from known hostile gun emplacements. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Robson reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.