[United Kingdom] The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom`s Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for `an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy`. ==History== The ...[United States] The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by `heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918.` ==History== The ...
The Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) is a British decoration instituted in 1918 for gallantry displayed by officers and warrant officers of the Royal Air Force while on active service.
[n] - a US Airforce decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight
noun a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight
a decoration awarded for heroic or extraordinary achievement while on aerial duty. · a decoration awarded for similar achievement while in flying operations against an enemy. Abbr.: D.F.C.