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Aviation Badges
Aeronautical Rating Badges| Badge Name | Badge Image | Badge Criteria |
| Air Battle Manager Badge |  | Issued to officers who have been trained and qualified for airborne command and control, air surveillance, electronic warfare, and airborne weapons capabilities. |
| Astronaut Badge |  | Awarded to military and civilian pilots who have completed training and performed a successful spaceflight. |
| Flight Surgeon Badge |  | Members of the United States Air Force who are both qualified medical officers and certified flight surgeons. |
| Navigator / Combat Systems Officer / Observer Badge |  | Issued to rated officers in both rating categories. In 2009, it was renamed as the Combat Systems Officer badge. |
| Pilot Badge |  | In the modern military, Army and Air Force Aviator Badges are issued in three ratings: Basic, Senior, and Command/Master/Chief. The higher degrees are denoted by a star or star with wreath above the badge. Air Force regulations state that the basic rating denotes completion of specified training and that the advanced ratings denote experience levels |
| Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Pilot Badge |  | The USAF awards remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot ratings at three levels: RPA Pilot, Senior RPA Pilot, and Command RPA Pilot, to active duty officers and to officers considered as "rated assets" in the Air Reserve Components. |
Aircrew Badges
| Badge Name | Badge Image | Badge Criteria |
| Aircrew Badge, Enlisted |  | Awarded by the USAF to enlisted personnel who serve as crew members on board military aircraft. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. In order to qualify as an aircrew member and receive the Aircrew Badge, such personnel typically undergo advanced training in aircraft in-flight support roles. |
| Aircrew Badge, Officer |  | Awarded by the USAF to commissioned officers who serve as crew members on board military aircraft. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. In order to qualify as an aircrew member and receive the Aircrew Badge, such personnel typically undergo advanced training in aircraft in-flight support roles. |
| Flight Surgeon Badge |  | Members of the United States Air Force who are both qualified medical officers and certified flight surgeons. |
| RPA Sensor Operator Badge |  | Issued to rated officers in both rating categories. In 2009, it was renamed as the Combat Systems Officer badge. |
Duty Badges
| Badge Name | Badge Image | Badge Criteria |
| Headquarters Air Force Badge |  | Airmen currently assigned to Headquarters Air Force at the Pentagon or who have been assigned to a qualifying Headquarters Air Force staff or Secretary of the Air Force staff position for at least 365 consecutive days are entitled to wear the badge. |
| Air Force Commander's Insignia |  | Permanent assignment in a command billet, normally in the rank of Major or above. Examples of such billets would include any unit larger than detachment size, including: Squadron, Group, and Wing Commanders, as well as the Commanding officers of major Air Force installations such as Air Force bases. Commanders of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachments are also authorized to wear the Air Force Commander's Badge. |
| Permanent Professor Air Force Academy Badge |  | Air Force colonels (and one brigadier general) who have been appointed by the Congress under US Code Title 10 as permanent professors and heads of academic departments, and as the Dean of Faculty, at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Air Force is the only branch of the United States armed forces to issue a badge for serving as a military academy professor. |
