distinguished flying cross

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   a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight

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Questions about distinguished flying cross

What does distinguished flying cross mean?

distinguished flying cross means "a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight".

Is distinguished flying cross a common word?

distinguished flying cross is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.