San Diego, Nov 29, 2020
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society Hosts Biennial Reunion
“Riders on the Storm – Desert Storm” – the thirtieth anniversary year of the Desert Storm campaign to reverse Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society will host its biennial Reunion in Washington DC from September 23rd thru 26th, 2021. The theme of the convention will be “Riders on the Storm – Desert Storm.” Desert Storm DFC recipients will be honored at the event, and appropriate honors will be rendered for their achievements at the Gala Banquet.
Reflecting the Desert Storm theme, the speakers include DFC Society member General Richard Cody, USA (Ret), former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, who led the first night Apache helicopter strike that took out Iraqi early warning radars, and Lieutenant General David Deptula, USAF (Ret), the principal attack planner for the Desert Storm coalition air campaign. Two additional speakers will be Vice Admiral David Buss, USN (Ret) and Lieutenant Colonel Ted Herman, USMC (Ret), Both are DFC Society members who were awarded DFCs for Desert Storm missions.
ABBREVIATED: The Distinguished Flying Cross Society, 2021 Reunion, “Riders on the Storm – Desert Storm.,” Washington DC, September 23rd thru 26th, 2021.
POC: Warren Eastman, weastman@dfcsociety.org, PH: 760-985-2810
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of California and qualified as a 501(c) (19) war veterans’ organization under the Internal Revenue Code. The mission of the Society is to honor, preserve, and teach the legacy established by those men and women who demonstrated their heroism or extraordinary achievement in aerial flight that resulted in the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
