Air and Space Campaign Medal | |
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Type | Service Medal |
Awarded for | Participating in or directly supporting a significant U.S. military operation designated by the Air Force chief of staff. |
Presented by | the Department of the Air Force[1] |
Eligibility | United States Air/Space Force personnel |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 24 April 2002 |
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Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal[2] |
Next (lower) | Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal[3] |
The Air and Space Campaign Medal (ASCM) is an award of the United States Air Force which was first created on April 24, 2002 by order of Secretary of the Air Force James G. Roche. The ASCM may be awarded to members of the USAF who, after March 24, 1999, supported a significant U.S. military operation designated by the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force as qualifying for the ASCM.[4]
To be eligible for the Air and Space Campaign Medal a service member must perform direct support of a military operation for at least thirty consecutive days or for sixty non-consecutive days. "Direct support" is defined as deploying in support of an ASCM approved operation inside the geographic area of combat which historically were deployed forward. This includes, but is not limited to, sortie generation, intelligence, surveillance, targeting, etc. Squadron Commanders may determine other functions that meet the intent of this award.[4]
Members who provided direct support for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days to one of these operations inside of the geographic area of combat qualify for the ASCM.
The Air and Space Campaign Medal is only authorized for Air Force personnel and is prohibited for issuance if another campaign or service medal has already been received for the operation in question. Additional awards are denoted by service stars.
Operations related to the Global War on Terrorism (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom) are not eligible for the ASCM.