Air Force Air and Space Campaign Medal.
The Air and Space Campaign Medal of United States Air Force may be awarded to the members of the USAF who, after March 24, 1999, supported a significant U.S. military operation designated by the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force as qualifying for the ASCM.
A service member who performs direct support of a military operation for at least thirty consecutive days or for sixty non-consecutive days is eligible for the Air and Space Campaign Medal. "Direct support" is defined as deploying in support of an ASCM approved operation or if performing functions at home station or from outside the geographic area of combat which historically were deployed forward, or entirely new and future missions., which due to technological advances are no longer constrained by geographic location. Members who provided direct support for 30 consecutive or 60 nonconsecutive days to one of these operations, at homestation, or from outside of the geographic area of combat qualify for the ASCM.