5. Air Force Recognition Ribbon
As the highest ranking ribbon on our list of easiest Air Force ribbons to get, you would think that it would be relatively difficult to obtain. But it’s really not! This simple light blue ribbon with a central red stripe and thinner red and white stripes along the edges was authorized in 1980 by the United States Air Force Chief of Staff to recognize those who have earned “non-portable” awards. If you take a look at which Air Force-level special trophies and awards qualifies one to receive the recognition ribbon, you will start to see that there are so many of these awards that it’s kind of an “everyone gets a prize” type of situation.
