| 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 | theDepartment of the Air Force[1] |
| Eligibility | U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force personnel |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Established | 24 April 2002 |
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| Next (higher) | Remote Combat Effects Campaign Medal[2] |
| Next (lower) | Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal[3] |
TheAir and Space Campaign Medal (ASCM) is anaward of theUnited States Air Force andUnited States Space Force which was first created on April 24, 2002 by order ofSecretary of the Air ForceJames G. Roche. 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 theChief of Staff of the United States Air Force as qualifying for the ASCM at home station or from outside the geographic area of combat.[4] TheRemote Combat Effects Campaign Medal (RCECM) is a similar medal established on 22 May 2019 for Air Force personnel who directly participated in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) combat operation from a remote location.
To be eligible for the Air and Space Campaign Medal a service member must provide 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 outside 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 outside 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 byservice stars.
Operations related to theGlobal War on Terrorism (to includeOperation Iraqi Freedom andOperation Enduring Freedom) are not eligible for the ASCM.
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