I-Air Medal inikezwa umuntu okhonza ne- Army ozibeke yena ngokwakhe ngaphandle komngane wakhe ngokuphumelela okuhle ngenkathi ehilelekile ezindiza. Umklomelo ungenziwa ekwamukeleni izenzo ezifanayo zokufaneleka noma ubuqhawe, noma umsebenzi wenhlonipho .
Umklomelo we-Air Medal uhloswe ngokuyinhloko ukuvuma ukuthi ilungu le-crew noma ilungu elingeyona iqembu elihamba ngezinyawo elifuna ukuba umuntu ahlanganyele empini yezempi njengengxenye eqhubekayo yemisebenzi yawo eyinhloko, nakuba inikezwe abasebenzi abasebenza ngempi yabo kudinga indiza ehamba phambili kulokho okungesona isimo somgibeli noma ukusebenza kwesenzo esiphawulekayo ngenkathi esesikhundleni somuntu osebenza kuso kodwa hhayi ngesimo sezindiza.
01 Incazelo Yomzimba
I-Air Medal yikhampasi yebhesi yaphakama ngo-1 11/16 amasentimitha ububanzi. Ukhozi olubambe ama-bolts of lightning emalangeni alo lukhokhiswa ngendiza ehlaselwa phansi. Iphethwe ngendandatho yokumisa phezulu nge-fleur-de-lis. Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwendondo, kukhona isikhala esitholakalayo ukuze igama lomamukeli liqoshwe. Amaphuzu ekhampasi aphakanyisiwe ahlelwe.
I-Ribbon ye-02
I-Ribbon ye-Air Medal ingama-intshi angu-3/8 ububanzi futhi inemivimbo emihlanu. Umgqa wokuqala u-1/8 intshi we-Ultramarine Blue, owesibili u-¼ intshi we-Golden Orange, ophakathi ngu-5/8 intshi Ultramarine Blue, i-¼ intshi ye-Golden Golden Orange kanti ekugcineni yi-1/8 intshi Ultramarine Blue.
03 Imigomo
Ukuze unikezwe umdanso, ukufaka isandla ngokucacile emisebenzini yokulwa nomhlaba yomhlaba noma ekuthumeni kwezindiza endizeni kufanele kwenziwe. Abantu abasebenzisa imisebenzi yokulwa abafuna ukuba bahambe bahlanganisa nalabo abahlaselwa yizinyunyana ezithintekayo ekuhlaselweni kwezwe ngokumelene nesitha esihlomile kanye nalabo abahlanganyela ngokuqondile emthethweni wokusebenza nokulwa kwempi.
Imisebenzi eshiwo ngenhla, ngokuvamile ezingeni lesikhulu / leqembu futhi ngezansi, uqiniseke ukuthi kufanelekile ukuthola umklomelo, kodwa isilinganiso sobuqhawe, ukufeza okuhle, noma umsebenzi ohlonishwayo uzoqinisekisa ukuthi ngubani ozobekwa uMdlova Womoya. Ngeke unikezwe abantu abasebenzisa ukuhamba emoyeni kuphela ukuze bakwazi ukuhamba ezindaweni ngezindawo endaweni yokulwa.
04 Ingemuva
Ngo-Mashi 9th, 1942, uNobhala Wempi wabhala incwadi kuMqondisi, i-Bureau of Budget, ekhombisa ukuthi i-executive order eyenza iMedal Air ukuba inikeze umuntfu ngubani, ngenkathi esebenza kunoma yisiphi isikhundla se-Army yase-United States, usethe yena ngokwakhe ngokwakhe ahlukane nokuphumelela okuhle ngenkathi ehilelekile endizeni yendiza.
Kuye kwaphawula ukuthi "[i] Uhlukanisa isiphambano sezindiza sitholakala kuphela ngokuba nesibindi noma ukuphumelela okungavamile ngenkathi iqhaza endizeni yezindiza [...] Kuyadingeka ukuthi ungabizi isithwathwa esiphambanweni sezindiza ngokubheka ngokufeza hhayi ngokubheka ngobuqhawe Kodwa-ke kubalulekile ukuvuza abasebenzi ngenkonzo ehloniphekile. "
NgoMeyi 11, 1942, uMongameli Roosevelt wagunyaza iMedal Air nge-Order Order 9158 futhi wasungula umklomelo "kwanoma yimuphi umuntu osebenza kunoma yikuphi amandla e-Army, Navy, Marine Corps, noma e-Coast Guard yase-United States ngemuva kukaSeptemba U-8, 1939, uhlukanisa, noma uhlukanisile, ngokuphumelela ngokuphumelelayo ngenkathi ehlanganyela endizeni yendiza. "
UMnyango Wezempi Bulletin No. 25, wangomhla ka-May 25, 1942, ushicilele ukuvunyelwa kweMedal. I-Order Order 9242-A, yangoSeptemba 11, 1942, ichitshiyelwe i-Executive Order eyedlule ukuba ifunde "kunoma yikuphi amandla noma nge-Army".
Kwakuyizincwadi ngoJulayi ka-1942 ukuthi iHhovisi le-Quartermaster General (OQMG) lanikeza ithuba lokuhambisa izinhlelo zomdanso kubaculi abahlukahlukene abangamashumi amabili nambili. Ngo-December 31, 1942, uhlelo lukaHatter Hancock lwamukelwa yiNobhala Wezempi.
U-Walker Hancock, ngaleso sikhathi, wayehanjiswe eNkambini yezempi futhi wahlelwa eCamp Livingston, eLouisana. NgoNovemba 16, 1942, wanikezwa umsebenzi wesikhashana eMnyangweni wezeMpi weG1 ukuqhuba umsebenzi wakhe emdongeni. Umklamo we-ribbon olungiselelwe i-OQMG wamukelwa ngo-Agasti 26, 1942.
Ekuqaleni komklomelo we-Air Medal, amaqoqo amaqabunga ama-oak asetshenziselwa ukukhombisa imiklomelo yangaphambilini yomdanso. Ngo-September ka-1968, le nqubo yashintshwa ukuze ifune ukusetshenziswa kwezinombolo ukukhombisa imiklomelo yangaphambilini, njengoba kwabonakala ukuthi ngemiklomelo eminingi enikezwe yona, amaqoqo amaqabunga ama-oak angeke afane nebhebhoni.
Ngesikhathi sokuthula, i-Air Medal inganikezelwa, kodwa igunya lokugunyazwa lomklomelo ngalesi sikhathi alinikezwa kubalawuli bezinsimu.