Worn from 19 February 1944 to mid 1950's



Activated in the Mediterranean Theater on 1 November 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force began operations on 2 November and engaged primarily in strategic bombardment of targets in Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans until the end of the war. The winged star symbolizes the army air forces. The Arabic number fifteen indicates the unit's designation. Activated 1 November 1943 at Tunis, Tunisia.





Campaigns:

WWII (Air combat, European-African-Middle East theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; north Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; and Po Valley).