United States Air Force Korean War Campaigns
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The United States Air Force designated 10 campaigns for Korean War Service.
The first campaign began on June 27, 1950, when elements of the U.S. Air Force first countered North Korea's invasion of South Korea, and the last one ended on July 27, 1953, when the Korean Armistice cease-fire became effective.
In all designated campaigns, the combat zone for campaign credit is the Korean Theater of Operations, which encompassed North and South Korea, Korean waters, and the airspace over these areas.
USAF Korean War Service Campaigns were defined as follows:
- UN Defensive Campaign: June 27-September 15, 1950
- UN Offensive Campaign: September 16-November 2, 1950
- Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) Intervention Campaign: November 3, 1950-January 24, 1951
- 1st UN Counteroffensive Campaign: January 25-April 21, 1951
- CCF Spring Offensive Campaign: April 22-July 8, 1951
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive Campaign: July 9-November 27, 1951
- Second Korean Winter Campaign: November 28, 1951-April 30, 1952
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 Campaign: May l-November 30, 1952
- Third Korean Winter Campaign: December 1, 1952-April 30, 1953
- Korea, Summer 1953 Campaign: May l-July 27, 1953
