The Mission was established April 1989 with a mandate for one year and finally closed in March 1990

Who can receive the Air Force Cross EIIR

The RFA bars were issued from each subsequent 10 years service

with the medal being a circular silver or bronze medal (as appropriate to the class awarded) suspended from a ribbon 1 3/8" wide and coloured dark blue and edged with yellow

Service after 19th March 2003

George Medal EIIR OBE/MBE The Mission was established AprilInstituted in 1940 for rewarding acts of outstanding gallantry deemed not suitable for the award of the George Cross. To date approximately 2000 medals have been awarded and 27 second award bars. Although the awards have been split fairly evenly across the Military and Civilians it is perhaps today more often awarded to Military Personnel, particularly Bomb Disposal, EOD work as well as intelligence work by special forces. The last award of a bar was