The Air and Space Longevity Service Award (ASLSA) is a
military award of the
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its ori ...
and
United States Space Force established as the Air Force Longevity Service Award by Air Force General Order 60, on 25 November 1957 by
General
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Thomas D. White,
Air Force Chief of Staff. The award was primarily created as an air force equivalent to the
service stripes used by other branches of the
United States military to denote years of military service. The award is retroactive to the establishment of the
U.S. Air Force as an independent service in September 1947. The ribbon is also retroactive for any service with the
U.S. Army Air Forces,
U.S. Army Air Corps, or
U.S. Army Air Service prior to the creation of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service as long as the serviceman was on active duty on or after 18 September 1947. On 16 November 2020, the Air Force Longevity Service Award was renamed to the Air and Space Longevity Service Award by the Secretary of the Air Force.
Criteria
The Air and Space Longevity Service Award is awarded for completing four years of Active, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard service. For members of the
Air Force Reserve and
Air National Guard, creditable service must have been in a drilling status with regular attendance of at least minimum monthly weekend drills and annual training. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard mobilized to full-time active duty continue to accrue eligibility in the same manner as active duty Air Force personnel. Service as a student at a
United States service academy, typically the
USAF Academy, is also creditable so long as the member graduated. The ribbon is awarded to both officers and enlisted personnel, in contrast to
service stripes which are only provided to enlisted members of the military.
Appearance
The Air and Space Longevity Service Award is a ribbon-only award. It is ultramarine blue divided by four equal stripes of grotto blue.
are worn on the ribbon to indicate subsequent awards of the Air Force Longevity Service Award.
See also
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Air Force Good Conduct Medal
References
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Longevity Service Award
Awards and decorations of the United States Space Force
Awards established in 1957
Long service medals