The Outstanding Unit Award is a decoration of the United States Air Force which was first created in 1954. The decoration is awarded as a ribbon to any command of the U.S. Air Force which performs exceptionally meritorious service, accomplishes specific acts of outstanding achievement, excels in combat operations against an armed enemy of the United States, or conducts with distinction military operations involving conflict with, or exposure to, a hostile action by any opposing foreign force.
Multiple awards of the Outstanding Unit Award are denoted by oak leaf clusters on the award ribbon. In 1961, the Air Force also began issuing the Valor device for units which had engaged in combat, or provided direct combat support, in the particular operations which had qualified the unit for the Outstanding Unit Award.
The wing is equipped with nine C-141C Starlifter aircraft, the mainstay of the AFRC airlift fleet.
The unit is active in the Washington area supporting many DOD agencies and received the AirForceOutstandingUnitAward for 1994-95 and 1995-96.
The 317th Recruiting Squadron, headquartered at Andrews AFB, is an Air Education and Training Command tenant unit and is responsible for recruiting highly qualified AirForce personnel from throughout a four-state area and the District of Columbia.
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