Edward Daniel Cherry (born March 4, 1939) is an American retired military officer who served as a brigadier general and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.

[1] In February 1967, Cherry was transferred to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where he served as an F-105 pilot with the 421st and 44th Tactical Fighter squadrons, and flew 100 combat missions over North Vietnam.

In August 1967, he returned to the United States, and became an F-105 instructor pilot and flight examiner with the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas.

[1] In June 1971, he returned to Thailand, where he served as an F-4D Phantom pilot with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, and flew 185 combat missions.

During this tour of duty, Cherry served as flight commander and chief of the 432nd Tactical Fighter Wing "Laredo" F-4 forward air controller program.

[1][4] The mission is featured in the fifth episode of the first season of the History Channel series Dogfights, titled "Hell Over Hanoi", which recreated historical air combat campaigns using modern computer graphics.

[9][4] In 2009, Cherry published a book called My Enemy, My Friend: A Story of Reconciliation from the Vietnam War, which recounts his experiences in aerial combat and his subsequent friendship with Nguyễn.