Air Force Longevity Service Award 865595 195398648 2008-03-02T21:03:21Z 88.19.139.136 {{Infobox Military Award |name=Air Force Longevity Service Award |image=[[Image:Air Force Longevity Service ribbon.svg|105px]] |caption=Air Force Longevity Service Award |awarded_by=[[Department of the Air Force]] |type=Ribbon |eligibility= |status=Current |first_award= |last_award= |total= |posthumous= |recipients= |individual= |higher= |same= |image2= |caption2= }} The '''Air Force Longevity Service Award''' is a [[Awards and decorations of the United States military|military decoration]] of the [[United States Air Force]] which was first issued in [[1957]] by order of [[General]] Thomas D. White, Air Force Chief of Staff. The award was primarily created as an Air Force equivalent to the [[service stripe]]s used by other branches of the [[United States military]] to denote years of military service. The Air Force Longevity Service Award is awarded for completing four years of Active, Reserve, or Air National Guard service. For those members of the Reserve and National Guard, service must have been in a drilling status with regular attending of weekend drills and annual training. The decoration is awarded to both officers and enlisted personnel, in contrast to service stripes which are only provided to enlisted members of the military. Additional awards of the Air Force Longevity Service Award are denoted by [[oak leaf clusters]]. The award is retroactive to the founding of the Air Force in [[1947]]. ==External links== *[http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/main_content.asp?prods1=1&prods2=2&prods3=152&prods4=3&prods5=158&prods6=159&p_faqid=66 Decorations] ==See also== *[[Air Force Good Conduct Medal]] [[Category:Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force|Longevity Service Award]] {{USAF decorations}} [[ca:Galó del Servei Prolongat a la Força Aèria]]