[Vhfcn-l] air medals

[Ken Hand]

Here is the definition;An oak leaf cluster is a ribbon device to denote subsequent decorations and awards consisting of a miniature bronze or silver twig of four oak leaves with three acorns on the stem that is authorized by the United States Armed Forces as for a specific set of decorations and awards of the Department of Defense, ...

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-----Original Message-----
From: William Confer via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org>
To: Ken Hand <vairmech at aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 14, 2019 7:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Vhfcn-l] air medals

Daniel,
    Did you get an answer on this? It means you get an Air Medal oak Leaf for 25 Combat Hours logged and for every 50 hours of what we called ash and trash or non-combat.  Bill Confer Hornet 16.

> On Oct 14, 2019, at 7:43 PM, Dennis Beckler via Vhfcn-l <vhfcn-l at vhfcn.org> wrote:
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> My Daughter was asking me what the leaves or clusters stood for on my Air
> Medal. There are four of them. I am guessing it has something to do with
> flight hours but could use some help as I am having a Senior moment.
> According to my records I logged 1103 hours as a Crew Chief. Thanks. Dennis
> Beckler
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