AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL USA complete in case, full size medal

Authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force on Oct. 20, 1980. The US AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL is awarded to Air Force personnel for outstanding achievement or meritorious service rendered specifically on behalf of the Air Force. It may also be awarded for acts of courage lesser than for award of the Air Force Commendation Medal (AFCM).
The medal is composed of 11 cloudlike shapes, centered on the obverse a medallion portraying thunderbolts and wings, signifying striking power through aerospace, adapted from the Seal of the Air Force.
Ribbon: Silver grey ribbon with three sets of four vertical stripes of ultramarine blue. background.
Ref: No. 36, Plate 2, Sheet 3, US Military Medals 1939 to Present, Foster & Bort.