Air Service Medal

The medal was divided into four classes indicated by a device on the ribbon bar:

• First Class: this class recognised airmen who had accumulated more than 1,000 recorded flight hours. This class was indicated by a golden jet plane.^[2]
• Second Class: this class recognised airmen who had accumulated more than 600 recorded flight hours. This class was indicated by a silver jet plane.^[2]
• Third Class: this class recognised airmen who had accumulated more than 300 recorded flight hours. This class was indicated by a bronze jet plane.^[2]
• Honour Class: this class recognised members of other branches of the ARVN and foreign aviators who had conducted more than ten flights on VNAF or foreign planes in Vietnam.^[2]

The medal is a 38mm wide, six-pointed golden star with cut lines on the points. On the obverse, in the centre, is a light blue globe surmounted by a golden jet plane.^[2]

The reverse is plain, save for the words "VIỆT-NAM" and "KHÔNG-VỤ BỘI-TINH". The medal is suspended from a light blue ribbon with edge stripes of white and dark blue, attached to the medal by a suspender of golden wings.^[2]