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The Air Force Medal was (until 1993) a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". ==History== The medal was established on 3 June 1918. It was the other ranks' equivalent to the Air Force Cross, which was awarded to commissioned officers and Warrant Officers (although WOs could also be awarded the AFM), but ranked below it in order of precedence, between the Distinguished Flying Medal and the Queen's Gallantry Medal. It was announced in the London Gazette on 3 June 1918, but the actual Royal Warrants were not published in the London Gazette until 5 December 1919, By order of the Royal Warrant a bar could be awarded recognizing a second award of the Air Force Medal (18th paragraph of the Royal Warrant). Recipients of the Air Force Medal are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "AFM". Two awards appear in the London Gazette on 3 June 1918. Awarded the Air Force Medal - *11680 Serjeant Samuel James Mitchell (of Handsworth, Birmingham). *106100 Serjeant Frederick Charles Tucker (of Birtley, Durham). Twenty-nine awards appear in a supplement to the London Gazette published of 8 February 1919. See also Flight Magazine 20 February 1919 at page 243. Further awards appear in the London Gazette of 3 June 1919 (Flight Magazine page 785). The first awards of a Bar to the Air Force Medal were made in the London Gazette of 3 June 1919. See also 26 December 1919. for pioneering intercontinental flights. Air Ministry, Kings way, London, 26 December 1919. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to confer a Bar to the Air Force Medal on the undermentioned Sergeants of the Australian Flying Corps in recognition of their valuable services throughout the period of therecent successful flight from London to Australia. *No. 275 Sergeant James Mallett Bennett, A.F.M.〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography - J M Bennett AFM * )〕 *No. 8974 Sergeant Walter Henry Shiers, A.F.M.〔( Australian Dictionary of Biography - W H Shiers AFM * )〕 In 1993, the AFM was discontinued, and since then the Air Force Cross has been awarded to personnel of all ranks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air Force Medal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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