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Air Force Space and Missile Operations Badge senior
The Air Force Space and Missile Badge (AFSMB) was a military badge of the United States Air Force which was awarded to those personnel who completed training in space warning, satellite command and control, missile operations, space surveillance, or space lift. It initially replaced the Missile Badge when the space and missile operations fields were merged. However, the Missile Badge was reinstated in 2009.
The first Air Force badge awarded to other military services was the Air Force Space and Missile Badge which was awarded to U.S. Army officers who graduate from the functional area (FA) 40A (Army Space Operations Officer) course.
The Air Force Space and Missile Badge was presented in three grades being that of basic, senior, and command. The basic badge was awarded for completion of initial space training while the senior and master badges were awarded based on years of service in Air Force Space assignments; for officer the steps occur at seven and fifteen years respectively. For enlisted personnel the senior badge was awarded upon attaining a "7 skill level" and the master badge as a Master Sergeant or above with five years in the specialty from award of the senior badge. The grades of the Air Force Space and Missile badge were denoted by a star (senior) and wreath (master or command) centered above the decoration.
- Category Operations Career badges
- Wearing breast badge
- missile, wreath, star, satellite, Earth Picture components
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- Shape irregular
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- Period - 2004