Distinguished Flying Cross

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United States military award military decoration

The Distinguished Flying Cross is a United States military decoration awarded for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military award → military decoration →
awardedFor	distinguished service in aerial operations → extraordinary achievement during aerial flight → heroism during aerial flight →
awardingCriteria	acts of heroism in aerial flight → extraordinary achievement in aerial flight →
campaign	Gulf War → Iraq War → Korean War → Vietnam War → War in Afghanistan → World War II →
country	United States →
eligibility	in some cases, members of friendly foreign nations → members of the United States Armed Forces →
establishedBy	Act of Congress → United States Congress →
establishedOn	1926-07-02 →
firstAwarded	1927 →
hasComponent	medal → service ribbon →
higherAward	Silver Star →
language	English →
legalStatus	federally authorized military decoration of the United States →
lowerAward	Air Medal →
namedAfter	distinguished flying →
notableRecipient	Amelia Earhart → Charles Lindbergh → Jimmy Doolittle →
presenter	United States Air Force → United States Armed Forces → United States Army → United States Coast Guard → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy →
relatedAward	Air Medal → Bronze Star Medal →
ribbonColor	blue and white →
serviceBranch	United States Air Force → United States Army → United States Coast Guard → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy →
shape	bronze cross →
shortName	DFC →
type	individual military decoration →
usedBy	United States military →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Haig → Amelia Earhart → Billy Bishop → Charles Lindbergh → Charles Pearre Cabell ("Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)") → Chuck Yeager → Curtis LeMay → Denis Smallwood → Elliott Roosevelt → Francis Gary Powers → Francis R. Scobee → Frank O’Driscoll Hunter → George H. W. Bush → Haywood S. Hansell ("Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)") → Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. → James H. Doolittle → Jim Lovell → Jim Wright ("Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)") → Joe Engle → John Glenn → John Grandy → Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. → Ken Mattingly ("Navy Distinguished Flying Cross") → Kevin P. Chilton → Michael J. Smith ("Navy Distinguished Flying Cross") → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → Rick D. Husband → Ted Stevens → Theodore Van Kirk → Thomas Ferebee → Wesley L. McDonald → Wiley Post → William C. McCool →	awardReceived
John McCain → Thomas Stafford →	awarded
Air Medal → Navy and Marine Corps Medal →	higherAward
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross → Legion of Merit ("Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)") →	lowerAward
John Day →	hasHonor
United States awards and decorations →	includes
DFC ("Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)") →	isAbbreviationOf
John McCain III →	militaryAward
DFC ("United States Distinguished Flying Cross") →	notableCountryVariant
Air Medal →	relatedAward
DFC →	shortFormOf
DFC →	standsFor