The Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award (ASOEA) is a

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of the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

and

United States Space Force The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and the world's only independent space force. Along with its sister branch, the U.S. Air Force, the Space ...

created by the

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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 organizations. Examples of eligible organizations are

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headquarters, Field Operating Agencies,

Direct Reporting Unit The structure of the United States Air Force refers to the unit designators and organizational hierarchy of the United States Air Force, which starts at the most senior commands. The senior headquarters of the Department of the Air Force, Headqua ...

s, and other unique unnumbered organizations. On 16 November 2020, the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award was renamed to the Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award by the Secretary of the Air Force.

Criteria

The Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award is awarded to recognize the achievements and accomplishments of various Air Force and Space Force activities and organizations. It is awarded to internal Air Force and Space Force organizations that are entities of larger organizations. These are unique unnumbered organizations or activities that perform functions typically fulfilled by numbered

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, or squadrons.

Description

The Air and Space Organizational Excellence Award is presented as a

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only. The ribbon is Old Glory Red with a wide Old Glory Blue center stripe, flanked by a thin white stripes. At the edges are wide Old Glory Blue stripes bordered, on the inside, by thin white stripes. Additional awards of are denoted by bronze

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worn on the ribbon. The

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(discontinued January 1, 2014) was authorized to be worn for the units participating in combat operations and or direct combat support.

References

{{USAF decorations Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force Awards established in 1969