Air and Space Longevity Service Award

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1. The award is authorized for active duty personnel based on an aggregate of 4 years of honorable active federal military service with any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces or Reserve components. Reserve Component members are credited with the award for each 4 years of satisfactory military service creditable to a reservist for retirement.
2. On 16 November 2020, the Secretary of the Air Force approved the renaming of the Air Force Longevity Service Award to the Air and Space Longevity Service Award.
3. Eligible categories include:
   • Members of the Space Force and all members of the Air Force on active duty.
   • Members of the Reserve Components not on active duty assigned to training category A, B, D, or H.
   • A member who is a cadet or midshipman in one of the service academies provided the member graduates.
   • Members of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
4. Eligibility for the award was expanded on 1 July 1976 to include members of the Reserve components.
5. An oak leaf cluster is worn for each additional 4 years of creditable service.