Award

Medal

Ribbon

Citation

Reason

Medal of Honor

Awarded to an individual for performing a selfless act whilst flying with their squad in a campaign mission. Which in turn produced a successful mission outcome, or saving many lives of their squadron pilots and costing their own.

To Encourage Heroism

Navy Cross

Awarded to an individual for performing a selfless act whilst flying with their squad in a campaign mission. Which in turn produced a successful mission outcome, or saving the lives of two or more of their squadron pilots.

To Encourage Heroism

Silver Star

Awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States.

To Encourage Heroism

Legion of Merit

Awarded to an individual for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.

To Encourage standards

Distinguished Flying Cross

Awarded to an individual for performing a high frequency of flight hours at a continuously high performance.

To Encourage standards

Bronze Star

Awarded to an individual for Heroic or meritorious achievement or service

To Encourage standards

Purple Heart

To an individual wounded in action (with red screen). Who also managed to RTB within a campaign mission.

Meritorious Service Medal

Can be awarded to members who distinguish themselves by outstanding noncombat achievement or by meritorious service to VBF-12.

To encourage helping with the CVG organization

Air Medal

Awarded for Meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight

To Encourage use of Wingman

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Awarded to an individual for successfully completing a campaign.

To encourage persistence

Santa Cruz Campaign Medal

No Medal

Awarded to an individual for successfully completing the Santa Cruz Campaign.

To encourage persistence

Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation

No Medal

Completion of 3 months active tour of duty within Stat based arena. Where by all members of a flight section have flown for at least 2 hours.

To encourage teamwork

Navy Unit Commendation

No Medal

Issued to a flight section (eg. VBF-12) who’s complete unit are involved within a campaign and who’s members all survive without losses. To encourage flight section activity and performance.

To encourage flight section activity and performance.

Prisoner of War Medal

Caught by enemy within campaign. One medal only per individual.

To encourage spirit

Navy Expeditionary Medal

Having landed on an enemy territory and then destroying enemy facilities . Within either a Stat arena or campaign.

To encourage determination

Navy Sea Service Ribbon

No Medal

Completion of 6 months tour with VBF-12.

To encourage loyalty

Navy Recruit Training Service Ribbon

No Medal

Completion of training.

To encourage training