AWARDED DFC: 1
CONFLICT/SPACE FLIGHT/EVENT:  Vietnam
MODEL:  B-5SG

Citation:  1.) The President of the United States takes great pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Technical Sergeant Frederick A. Bowker for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a B-5SG Fire Control Operator near Quang Tri, South Vietnam on 2 December 1972. On that date, while under the threat of imminent surface-to-air attack, Sergeant Bowker directed the trailing aircraft on an emergency bomb run. Through his skilled performance, that aircraft released all its ordnance precisely on the assigned target. The professional competence, aerial skill and devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Bowker reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.