In 1978, the Navy removed the insignia as authorized wear and then in 1994, the Marine Corps reestablished the insignia as it is known today as the Marine Combat Aircrew Badge. It is a decoration of the United States Marine Corps which is awarded to those enlisted personnel who have served as aircrew members on board combat flights.

Aircrewman Operator (AWO): Operates tactical mission systems to detect, classify, track and attack enemy submarines while onboard P-8A and EP-3 aircraft. Operates tactical support center systems...

Naval Aircrewman (NAC) is an enlisted general rating of the U.S. Navy. Sailors in NAC ratings serve as aircraft systems operators or inflight system maintenance technicians aboard U.S. Navy fixed and rotary winged aircraft.

Naval Aircrew Warfare Specialist (NAWS): Sailors must be qualified aircrew members; possess an eligible Navy enlisted classification of 78XX, 82XX, 8401, or 94XX; and be assigned to flying duty in an eligible billet for their NEC.

Qualification for combat aircrewman (CAC) designation is as follows: a. Sailor must be a volunteer for combat aircrew duty. b. Be qualified per physical and psychological requirements of...

Nov 4, 2005 · a. the combat aircrew insignia is to be awarded exclusively to ENLISTED MARINES AND SAILORS, THAT ARE DESIGNATED AIRCREWMEN AND HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AERIAL COMBAT.

administration for the purposes of attaining and maintaining the squadron’s aircrew qualifications and certifications. Helicopter Warfare Specialists must be able to obtain a final top...

listed aircrew personnel flying in combat. In a Navy Department press release of 18 May 1943, the new Air Crew Insignia was described as follows: “The Air Crew insignia consists of silver...

Historically, the Sea Services awarded the Combat Aircrew Insignia to enlisted personnel engaged in aerial combat. Following the Korean War, the Department of the Navy designed the Aircrewmen Wing to designated all enlisted Aircrew personnel.

The Combat Aircrew breast insignia traces its establishment to World War II. Originally titled simply the Air Crew insignia and created to recognize the combat capabilities of Navy flight crews, the new badge was first announced in a press release on May 18, 1943; its formal approval was officially proclaimed in a Bureau of Naval Personnel ...