Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)

Air Force Cross
Air Force Cross
	Obverse of medal
Type	Military decoration
Awarded for	"... gallantry while flying but not on active operations against the enemy."
Description	Silver cross
Presented by	United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Eligibility	British, Commonwealth (formerly) and allied forces
Status	Currently awarded
Established	3 June 1918
Last awarded	2024 Special Honours
Total	Including further award bars:; George V: 804; George VI: 3,053; Elizabeth II (to 2017): 1,696; Total: 5,553
	Ribbon: diagonal alternate white and red stripes
Order of Wear
Next (higher)	Distinguished Flying Cross
Next (lower)	Royal Red Cross, Second Class
Related	Air Force Medal

Ribbon bar for 2nd award

The Air Force Cross (AFC) is a military decoration awarded to officers, and since 1993 other ranks, of the British Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries. It is granted for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry while flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". A bar is added to the ribbon for holders who are awarded a further AFC.^[4]

^ "Defence Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
^ John Mussell (ed). Medal Yearbook 2015. pp. 88. Token Publishing, Honiton, Devon.ISBN 978-1-908-828-16-3
^ ^a ^b "JSP 761 Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces" (PDF). p. 12A-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
^ "Gov.UK, MOD: AFC". Retrieved 9 October 2008.

[Defence_FactSheet-1] "Defence Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

[Yearbook-2] John Mussell (ed). Medal Yearbook 2015. pp. 88. Token Publishing, Honiton, Devon.ISBN 978-1-908-828-16-3

[JSP761-3] "JSP 761 Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces" (PDF). p. 12A-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[MOD_-_AFC-4] "Gov.UK, MOD: AFC". Retrieved 9 October 2008.

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