Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force are military decorations which are issued by the Department of the Air Force to airmen of the United States Air Force and guardians of the United States Space Force and members of other military branches serving under Air Force and Space Force commands.
6-592: The Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award ( ASOUA ) is one of the unit awards of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force . It was established in 1954 as the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and was the first independent Air Force decoration created (to this point, Air Force personnel were routinely awarded Army decorations ). The Air Force Longevity Service Award would follow in 1957 with most of
12-624: The Meritorious Unit Award , which was established in March 2004, and above the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award in the precedence of Air Force awards and decorations. It is awarded to personnel who were assigned or attached to the unit receiving the award during the period it was awarded for. Non- USAF personnel (e.g., USN , USMC , USCG ) personnel assigned to USAF units awarded
18-569: The United States , or conducts with distinct military operations involving conflict with, or exposure to, a hostile action by any opposing foreign force. Multiple awards of the Outstanding Unit Award are denoted by bronze oak leaf clusters , and silver oak leaf clusters , as applicable, on the ribbon. Until 2004, the Outstanding Unit Award was the senior most unit award in the U.S. Air Force. It now ranks directly below
24-813: 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. Airmen and guardians are also eligible to receive approved foreign awards and approved international decorations . More information about civilian recognition can be found in DAFI 36-1004 Department of
30-776: The Outstanding Unit Award are also eligible to wear the ribbon on their uniforms. However, the ribbon does not come in the larger size of unit awards common to the U.S. Army . On 16 November 2020, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award was renamed the Air and Space Outstanding Unit Award by the Secretary of the Air Force. Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force The Department of
36-631: The standard Air Force awards (including the Air Force Good Conduct Medal ) established in the early to mid 1960s. The Outstanding Unit Award is awarded to any unit of the U.S. Air Force (including the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard ) which performs exceptionally meritorious service, accomplishes specific acts of outstanding achievement, excels in combat operations against an armed enemy of
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