The Air and Space Campaign Medal (ASCM) is an
award of the
United States Air Force
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and
United States Space Force
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which was first created on April 24, 2002 by order of
Secretary of the Air Force James G. Roche
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. The ASCM may be awarded to members of the USAF and USSF who, after March 24, 1999, supported a significant U.S. military operation designated by the
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
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as qualifying for the ASCM.
Eligibility
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.
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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.
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Qualifying Operations
* Operation Allied Force 24 March 1999 – 10 June 1999[
* Operation Joint Guardian 11 June 1999 – Date to be Determined (DTBD)][
*]Operation Allied Harbour
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4 April 1999 – 1 September 1999[
*]Operation Sustain Hope/Shining Hope
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4 April 1999 – 10 July 1999[
*]Operation Noble Anvil
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24 March 1999 – 20 July 1999[
*]Kosovo Task Force Hawk
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5 April 1999 – 24 June 1999[
*]Kosovo Task Force Saber
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31 March 1999 – 8 July 1999[
*]Kosovo Task Force Falcon
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11 June 1999 – DTBD[
*]Kosovo Task Force Hunter
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1 April 1999 – 1 November 1999[
*]Operation Odyssey Dawn
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26 February 2011 – 31 October 2011[
Operations related to the Global War on Terrorism (to include ]Operation Iraqi Freedom
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and Operation Enduring Freedom
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) are not eligible for the ASCM.
References
External links
Air and Space Campaign Medal
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2002 establishments in the United States
Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force
Awards and decorations of the United States Space Force
Awards established in 2002