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Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service; Country United States: Presented by: Secretary of the Air Force: Eligibility "Profound Air Force-wide impact to programs or projects as documented by development of improved methods or procedures, initiation of revolutionary ideas, or unprecedented achievements or benefits to the government."
Air Force Exceptional Service Award: For exceptional service to the United States Air Force or for an act of heroism involving voluntary risk of life. Air Force Scroll of Appreciation : For meritorious achievement or service that are completely voluntary and performed as a public service or patriotic in nature.
It consists of a cased medal, ribbon, and lapel button, as well as a citation certificate. The award was created in 2005 to further supplement the U.S. Department of the Air Force's awards for non-employees and in the following year a higher level awarded was similarly created namely the Air Force's "Distinguished Public Service Award." [1]
[4] [5] Recipients during the medal's first 6 years included General Emmett E. "Rosie" O'Donnell Jr. (a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces from 1959 to 1963). O'Donnell also led the first B-29 Superfortress attack upon Tokyo during World War II after the 1942 Doolittle Raid.
The Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award is the fourth-highest award granted to civilian personnel by the United States Department of the Air Force. It consists of a medal, lapel button, and citation certificate. Nominees must have established a pattern of exemplary service over at least one year.
The Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award (ASOEA) is a unit award of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force created by the Secretary of the Air Force on 26 August 1969 as the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. The award is presented to Air Force and Space Force internal organizations that are entities within larger ...
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Troy May holds his Air Force Achievement Medal at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, on Sept. 13, 2024. May received this commendation after carrying a woman who ...
It is worn after the Air and Space Achievement Medal and before the Air Force Presidential Unit Citation. The CAM may be awarded to members from the other Armed Forces and foreign military members serving in a U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force unit, provided they meet the criteria for the award. [1]