Charles A. Rikli
AWARDED DFC:
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CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT: Vietnam
MODEL: F-4E
Citation: 1.)
The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant Charles A. Rikli for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as an F-4E Weapon Systems Officer over Southeast Asia on 20 July 1972. On that date, Lieutenant Rikli was directly responsible for the successful rescue of two downed crew members thirty miles northeast of Haiphong. Despite intense antiaircraft fire, the threat of surface-to-air missiles and hostile interceptors, Lieutenant Rikli covered the two survivors and strafed a hostile watercraft that was attempting to capture the two downed airmen. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Rikli reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
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