Air Force Special Duty Ribbon
| Air Force Special Duty Ribbon | |
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Special Duty Ribbon
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| Awarded by the Department of the Air Force |
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| Type | Ribbon |
| Status | Currently awarded |
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| Established | 4 September 2014 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Air Force Longevity Service Award |
The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is a ribbon that is only awarded by the United States Air Force. Established 4 September 2014 by the Secretary of the Air Force,
The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is awarded to those service members who complete a special duty assignment, or are awarded a special duty Air Force Specialty Code or special duty assignment. The award is for service after 4 September 2014, and cannot be retroactively awarded. The following are qualifying special duty assignments:
The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is a symmetrically striped ribbon 1 3⁄8 inches (35 mm) wide. At the outside edges of the ribbon are stripes of graphite blue and silver gray both 1⁄16 inch (1.6 mm) wide. Next is a broader stripe 3⁄16 inch (4.8 mm) wide of ultramarine blue, bordered on the inside by a stripe of silver gray next to a stripe of scarlet, both 1⁄16 inch (1.6 mm) wide. In the center of the ribbon is a white stripe 1⁄2 inch (13 mm) wide bisected by an ultramarine blue stripe 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) wide.
Subsequent awards of the Air Force Special Duty Ribbon are denoted by oak leaf clusters.
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