Established on August 26, 1969, the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award honors organizations or events within the Air Force that have demonstrated particular excellence.
The ribbon is red with a thin vertical dark blue stripe in the center flanked by a thinner vertical white stripe on either side. Each edge of the ribbon features thin dark blue vertical stripe with a thinner vertical white stripe to its interior.
Subsequent awards may be indicated by bronze oak leaf clusters or the bronze "V" device.