Air Force Special Duty Ribbon

The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is a ribbon that is only awarded by the United States Air Force. Established 4 September 2014 by the Secretary of the Air Force,

Criteria
The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is awarded to those service members who complete a special duty assignment, or are awarded a special duty Air Force Specialty Code or special duty assignment. The award is for service after 4 September 2014, and cannot be retroactively awarded. The following are qualifying special duty assignments:
 * Training Instructor in core AFSC (T-prefix)
 * Commander, Cadet Squadron, USAFA (80C0)
 * Training Commander, OTS (81C0)
 * Instructor (81T0)
 * Academic Program Manager (82A0
 * Career Assistance Advisor (8A100)
 * Military Training Instructor (8B000)
 * Military Training Leader (8B100)
 * USAFA Military Training (8B200)
 * Airman and Family Readiness Center NCO (8C000)
 * First Sergeant (8F000)
 * Honor Guard (85G and 8G000)
 * Recruiter (83R and 8R000)
 * Professional Military Education (PME) Instructor (8T000)

Appearance
The Air Force Special Duty Ribbon is a symmetrically striped ribbon 1+3/8 in wide. At the outside edges of the ribbon are stripes of graphite blue and silver gray both 1/16 in wide. Next is a broader stripe 3/16 in wide of ultramarine blue, bordered on the inside by a stripe of silver gray next to a stripe of scarlet, both 1/16 in wide. In the center of the ribbon is a white stripe 1/2 in wide bisected by an ultramarine blue stripe 1/8 in wide.

Subsequent awards of the Air Force Special Duty Ribbon are denoted by oak leaf clusters.