Flag of the United States Air Force
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Use | Other ![]() |
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Proportion | 3:5 |
Adopted | 26 March 1951 |
Design | The U.S. Air Force seal surrounded by thirteen white five-pointed stars on a blue background. |
Designed by | United States Air Force |
The flag of the United States Air Force consists of the coat of arms, 13 white stars and the Air Force Seal, on a blue background. The 13 stars represent the 13 original colonies, the three star grouping at the top portray the three Departments of the National Defense Establishment (Army, Navy, and Air Force). The crest includes the American bald eagle, the cloud formation depicts the creation of a new firmament, and the wreath, composed of six alternate folds of silver and blue, incorporate the colors of the basic shield design. The Indoor/Parade version is bordered by a gold fringe while the Outdoor version is plain.
The flag was officially adopted by President Harry S. Truman on 26 March 1951.
Streamers
Verified combat credit entitles an organization to the appropriate campaign streamers representing the named campaign in which it participated. The campaign streamer will be embroidered with the name and years of the campaign. Non-combat service is represented by an organizational service streamer, which is not embroidered.
Streamers are also used to represent all unit citations a specific unit has received. Those awarded by a foreign government will be last in precedence.
Unit citations
World War I
World War I Victory | ||
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Somme Defensive | 1918 | 21 March 1918 – 6 April 1918 |
Lys | 1918 | 9 April 1918 – 27 April 1918 |
Champagne-Marne | 1918 | 15 July 1918 – 18 July 1918 |
Aisne-Marne | 1918 | 18 July 1918 – 6 August 1918 |
Somme Offensive | 1918 | 8 August 1918 – 11 November 1918 |
Oisne-Aisne | 1918 | 19 August 1918 – 11 November 1918 |
St. Mihiel | 1918 | 12 September 1918 – 16 September 1918 |
Meuse-Argonne | 1918 | 26 September 1918 – 11 November 1918 |
Alsace [Note 1] | ||
Champagne [Note 1] | ||
Flanders [Note 1] | ||
Ile-de-France [Note 1] | ||
Lorraine [Note 1] | ||
Picardy [Note 1] | ||
Theater of Operations | Non-combat credit | 6 April 1917 – 11 November 1918 |
World War II
American Theater
American Campaign | ![]() | |
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Antisubmarine | 1941–1945 | 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945 |
American Theater | Non-combat credit | 7 December 1941 – 2 March 1946 |
European African Middle Eastern Theater
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign | ![]() | |
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Air Combat | 1941–1945 | 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945 |
Antisubmarine | 1941–1945 | 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945 |
Egypt-Libya | 1942–1943 | 11 June 1942 – 12 February 1943 |
Algeria-French Morocco | 1942 | 8 November 1942 – 11 November 1942 |
Tunisia | 1942–1943 | 12 November 1942 – 13 May 1943 |
Sicily | 1943 | 14 May 1943 – 17 August 1943 |
Naples-Foggia | 1943–1944 | 18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944 |
Anzio | 1944 | 22 January 1944 – 24 May 1944 |
Rome-Arno | 1944 | 22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944 |
North Apennines | 1944–1945 | 10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945 |
Po Valley | 1945 | 5 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Air Offensive, Europe | 1942–1944 | 4 July 1942 – 5 June 1944 |
Normandy | 1944 | 6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944 |
Northern France | 1944 | 25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944 |
Southern France | 1944 | 15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944 |
Rhineland | 1944–1945 | 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945 |
Ardennes-Alsace | 1944–1945 | 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 |
Central Europe | 1945 | 22 March 1945 – 11 May 1945 |
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater | Non-combat credit | 7 December 1941 – 8 November 1945 |
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign | ||
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Air Combat | 1941–1945 | 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945 |
Antisubmarine | 1941–1945 | 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945 |
Central Pacific | 1941–1943 | 7 December 1941 – 6 December 1943 |
Philippine Islands | 1941–1942 | 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942 |
East Indies | 1942 | 1 January 1942 – 22 July 1942 |
Papua | 1942–1943 | 23 July 1942 – 23 January 1943 |
Aleutian Islands | 1942–1943 | 3 June 1942 – 24 August 1943 |
Guadalcanal | 1942–1943 | 7 August 1942 – 21 February 1943 |
Northern Solomons | 1943–1944 | 22 February 1943 – 21 November 1944 |
Bismarck Archipelago | 1943–1944 | 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944 |
Eastern Mandates | 1943–1944 | 7 December 1943 – 16 April 1944 |
Western Pacific | 1944–1945 | 17 April 1944 – 2 September 1945 |
New Guinea | 1943–1944 | 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944 |
Leyte | 1944–1945 | 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945 |
Luzon | 1944–1945 | 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945 |
Southern Philippines | 1945 | 27 February 1945 – 4 July 1945 |
Burma | 1941–1942 | 7 December 1941 – 26 May 1942 |
India-Burma | 1942–1945 | 2 April 1942 – 28 January 1945 |
Central Burma | 1945 | 29 January 1945 – 15 July 1945 |
China Defensive | 1942–1945 | 4 July 1942 – 4 May 1945 |
China Offensive | 1945 | 5 May 1945 – 2 September 1945 |
Ryukyus | 1945 | 26 March 1945 – 2 July 1945 |
Air Offensive, Japan | 1942–1945 | 17 April 1942 – 2 September 1945 |
Asiatic-Pacific Theater | Non-combat credit | 27 June 1950 – 27 July 1954 |
Korean War
Korean Service | ![]() | |
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
UN Defensive | 1950 | 27 July 1950 – 15 September 1950 |
UN Offensive | 1950 | 16 September 1950 – 2 November 1950 |
CCF Intervention | 1950–1951 | 3 November 1950 – 24 January 1951 |
First UN Counter-offensive | 1951 | 25 January 1951 – 21 April 1951 |
CCF Spring Offensive | 1951 | 22 April 1951 – 8 July 1951 |
UN Summer-Fall Offensive | 1951 | 9 July 1951 – 27 November 1951 |
Second Korean Winter | 1951–1952 | 28 November 1951 – 30 April 1952 |
Korea, Summer-Fall | 1952 | 1 May 1952 – 30 November 1952 |
Third Korean Winter | 1952–1953 | 1 December 1952 – 30 April 1953 |
Korea, Summer | 1953 | 1 May 1953 – 27 July 1953 |
Korean Theater | Non-combat credit | 27 June 1950 – 27 July 1954 |
Vietnam War
Vietnam Service | ||
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Vietnam Advisory | 1961–1965 | 15 November 1961 – 1 March 1965 |
Vietnam Defensive | 1965–1966 | 2 March 1965 – 30 January 1966 |
Vietnam Air | 1966 | 31 January 1966 – 28 June 1966 |
Vietnam Air Offensive | 1966–1967 | 29 June 1966 – 8 March 1967 |
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase II | 1967–1968 | 9 March 1967 – 31 March 1968 |
Vietnam Air/Ground | 1968 | 22 January 1968 – 7 July 1968 |
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase III | 1968 | 1 April 1968 – 31 October 1968 |
Vietnam Air Offensive, Phase IV | 1968–1969 | 1 November 1968 – 22 February 1969 |
TET 69/Counter-offensive | 1969 | 23 February 1969 – 8 June 1969 |
Vietnam Summer-Fall | 1969 | 9 June 1969 – 31 October 1969 |
Vietnam Winter-Spring | 1969–1970 | 1 November 1969 – 30 April 1970 |
Sanctuary Counter-offensive | 1970 | 1 May 1970 – 30 June 1970 |
Southwest Monsoon | 1970 | 1 July 1970 – 30 November 1970 |
Commando Hunt V | 1970–1971 | 1 December 1970 – 14 May 1971 |
Commando Hunt VI | 1971 | 15 May 1971 – 31 October 1971 |
Commando Hunt VII | 1971–1972 | 1 November 1971 – 29 March 1972 |
Vietnam Ceasefire | 1972–1973 | 30 March 1972 – 28 January 1973 |
Vietnam Theater | Non-combat credit | 1 July 1958 – 28 March 1973 |
Southwest Asia
Southwest Asia Service | ||
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Defense of Saudi Arabia | 1990–1991 | 2 August 1990 – 16 January 1991 |
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait | 1991 | 17 January 1991 – 11 April 1991 |
Southwest Asia Ceasefire [Note 2] | 1991–1995 | 12 April 1991 – 30 November 1995 |
Southwest Asia Theater | Non-combat credit | 2 August 1990 – 20 November 1995 |
Kosovo
Kosovo Campaign | ||
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Campaign Name Embroidered on Streamer | Date Embroidered on Streamer | Inclusive Dates |
Kosovo Air Campaign | 1999 | 24 Mar 1999 – 10 Jun 1999 |
Streamer notes
References
- "The Air Force Flag" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency. United States Air Force. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
- A Guide to United States Air Force Lineage and Honors, from the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency official web site
- A.T. Warnock, Combat Medals, Streamers, and Campaigns