Distinguished Flying Cross Archives - Aviation Heritage Park

April 28, 2023

Gen Joseph Ralston – Supreme Allied Commander NATO

From an Air Force ROTC student to commanding NATO, Joseph Ralston has become the senior ranking airman Kentucky has ever produced. Gen Ralston is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours, including 147 combat missions over Laos and North Vietnam, flying Republic F-105 fighter-bombers and F-105 Wild Weasel jets.

May 27, 2022

Lt Commander David Berry – Hero of Midway

David Render Berry was a WW2 aviator who won 3 Navy Cross and 3 Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions. His final battle was May 1945 when he was serving as CO of Bombing Squadron 83. He is still listed as Missing in Action.

May 27, 2022

Lt. Col. James “Jim” Wilson Cooper USAF

LTC Cooper began his USAF career flying the KC-135 Stratotanker with the Strategic Air Command. Later he was an FAC, flying the O-1 Bird Dog. His services earned a Silver Star.