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Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon
Air Force General Thomas White ordered the creation of the Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon when he was Chief of Staff in 1957. These US military medals were the Air Force equivalent to Service Stripes used in the other branches of the military to denote years of service. These medals of America are awarded to Air Force personnel serving in either the Active Reserve, or the Air National Guard for four years of drilling status service including regular attendance for weekend drills and annual training camps. These military ribbons are awarded to both officers and enlisted personnel, in contrast to service stripes which are only provided to enlisted members of the military. The Air Force does not offer corresponding military medals for this award.The Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon is worn below the Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon and above the Military Training Instruction Ribbon in the general order of precedence established for the display of all Air Force medals and ribbons. The award is retroactive to the founding of the Air Force in 1947, and additional awards of the Air Force Longevity Service Award are denoted by Oak Leaf Clusters. These Air Force awards are available as military ribbons and lapel pins, and are traditionally worn as slide-on military ribbons. Nowadays however, more and more military service personnel are realizing the value to their career goals of always having their uniform decorations looking their best, and have turned to the slimmer and trimmer thin military medals and mini medals and the ultra thin ribbon racks to provide them with the smartest looking military award displays available today.
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