Naval Flight Officer Astronaut Badge:
The Naval Flight Officer Badge is awarded to those aviators of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard who have qualified as Naval Flight Officers (NFO) based on successful completion of flight training.To qualify for the Naval Flight Officer Badge, a service member must have completed officer aviation training and be qualified as a systems operator on board a Naval aircraft. Such qualifications also include weapons deployment tactics, electronic warfare, and airborne navigation.
Naval Flight Officer Badge is upgraded to a variation of the Astronaut Badge Known as the Naval Flight Officer Astronaut Badge.The badge is similar in design to a standard Naval Flight Officer Badge,with golden astronaut crest at the center of the badge. This Naval Flight Officer Astronaut badge is issued for those Naval Flight Officers who have completed astronaut training at NASA and have subsequently participated in a space flight more than 50 miles above the Earth.