Air and Space Longevity Service Award

Air and Space Longevity Service Award
Air and Space Longevity Service Award
TypeRibbon
Awarded forFour years of creditable service
Presented bythe Department of the Air Force[1]
EligibilityMembers of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force
StatusCurrently awarded
Established25 November 1957[2]
Precedence
Next (higher)Air and Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon[3]
Next (lower)Developmental Special Duty Ribbon[4]

The Air and Space Longevity Service Award (ASLSA) is a military award of the United States Air Force 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 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.[5]

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  3. ^ "Awards and Decorations". Air Force Personnel Center Library. Air Force Personnel Center. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Air Force Guidance Memorandum for Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2803, The Air Force Military Awards and Decorations Program " (PDF). United States Air Force. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ "MILITARY AWARDS: CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES" (PDF). 27 October 2022.