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Airman\'s Medal

The Soldier’s Medal had been awarded to all branches of military service since its creation in 1926. The Air Force wanted its own version of these medals of America, so on July 6, 1960, the United States Congress established the Airman’s Medal. These US military medals are bestowed upon Air Force personnel who distinguish themselves by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy, but including the risk of the soldier’s own life and usually involving an attempt to save the life of another.

The Airman’s Medal is the equivalent of the Army Soldier’s Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, and the Coast Guard Medal. These Air Force medals and ribbons rank just below the Distinguished Flying Cross, and just above the Bronze Star in the order of precedence for military medals. Additional awards of these military ribbons and medals are denoted by Oak Leaf Clusters.

The Airman’s Medal can be worn as full size military medals, military mini medals, military ribbons (service ribbons), and lapel pins. These medals, like most military medals, are available as traditional slide-on, full size military medals or mini-medals, and traditional 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 military ribbons to provide them with the smartest looking military award displays possible.