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DECORATIONS AND RIBBONS. The following is a listing of Decorations and Awards to include V,C and R Devices. For questions relating to Awards, please contact the Awards team at: AFPC.DP1SP.RecognitionProcess@us.af.mil.
Personal military decorations and unit awards are processed using a 3-step process: proper recommendation and submittal into official channels, approval of the recommendation, and presentation of the approved award.
The Air Force awards 83 decorations on this list. A airmen can be awarded decorations for participating in specific services, attaining high marks in various training exercises, and for many other actions done while serving the Air Force.
The Department of the Air Force first began issuing awards and decorations in 1947. At that time, airmen were eligible to receive most U.S. Army decorations. In 1962, following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Department of the Air Force began a concentrated effort to create its own distinctive awards, separate from the Army.
The Airman's Medal is unique in that its shape does not follow the octagonal shape of its counterparts, the Soldier's Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal and the Coast Guard Medal.
Meritorious Service Medal. BACKGROUND. This decoration was established by Executive Order 11448 on Jan. 16, 1969. This award was established as the counterpart of the Bronze Star Medal for the recognition of meritorious noncombatant service. CRITERIA.
This Air Force Instruction (AFI) implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-28, Awards and Decorations Programs, and describes special trophies and awards programs sponsored by the United States Air Force (USAF) and by private organizations that seek Air Force participation.
Air Force Basic Military Training Honor Graduate Ribbon. Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. *The gold frame indicates the ribbon was awarded to individuals who were engaged in conducting or supporting combat operations in a designated combat zone; without indicates a non-combat area.
Medals and decorations are suspended from a holding bar and are arranged from the center of the body towards the left shoulder (left to right, top to bottom) in order of precedence. The following is only a guideline since each branch has their own order of precedence. 1. U.S. military personal decorations. 2. U.S. military unit awards. 3.
The Air Medal (AM) ranks as one of the most important Air Force decorations. It was created to recognize acts of heroism or meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. President FDR established the award in 1942 and has been presented retroactively since 1939.