Air Efficiency Award

Air Efficiency Award
Air Efficiency Award ribbon
Awarded by United Kingdom and Commonwealth
Type	Long service medal
Awarded for	Service of ten years in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Status	Superseded by the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal
Post-nominals	A.E.
Statistics
Established	1942
Last awarded	1999
Precedence
Next (higher)	Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Medal^[1]
Equivalent	Territorial Decoration Efficiency Decoration Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Next (lower)	Volunteer Reserves Service Medal^[1]

The Air Efficiency award, abbreviated to AE when placed after a holder's name, was a United Kingdom honour given for ten years' efficient service in the Reserve Air Forces of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Empire.^[2] Unlike other long service and meritorious conduct awards, both officers and enlisted men were eligible. It was established in 1942.

Use of the post-nominal AE was restricted to officers only. The award was discontinued on 1 April 1999, and replaced by the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56878. p. 3353. 17 March 2003.
↑ 'The Air Efficiency Award 1942–2005: A History and a Nominal Roll of British and Commonwealth Recipients' by Christopher Brooks.
↑ Volunteer Reserves Service Medal from the Ministry of Defence

Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth

Regular military meritorious and long service medals	Meritorious Service Medal Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Ulster Defence Regiment) Permanent Overseas Forces Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal King's African Rifles Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Indian Army)

Civilian long service medals	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal African Police Medal for Meritorious Service Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal Ceylon Police Long Service Medal Ceylon Fire Services Long Service Medal Sierra Leone Police Long Service Medal Colonial Police Long Service Medal Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Long Service Medal Mauritius Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Mauritius Fire Services Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Mauritius Prisons Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal Colonial Prison Service Medal Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal Prison Services (Operational Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal

Volunteer and part-time long service decorations and medals	Emergency Reserve Decoration Volunteer Officers' Decoration Volunteer Long Service Medal Volunteer Officers' Decoration (for India and the Colonies) Volunteer Long Service Medal (for India and the Colonies) Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal Militia Long Service Medal Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal Territorial Decoration Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal Efficiency Decoration Efficiency Decoration (Territorial & Volunteer Reserve) Efficiency Decoration (Honourable Artillery Company) Efficiency Medal Efficiency Medal (Territorial & Volunteer Reserve) Efficiency Medal (Honourable Artillery Company) Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Long Service Medal Air Efficiency Award Volunteer Reserves Service Medal Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (Honourable Artillery Company) Ulster Defence Regiment Medal Northern Ireland Home Service Medal Cadet Forces Medal H.M. Coastguard Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Special Constabulary Long Service Medal Royal Observer Corps Medal Civil Defence Long Service Medal Colonial Special Constabulary Long Service Medal