The Air Force’s elite combat divers will soon have a decoration of their own to wear. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. approved a new badge for divers and diver supervisors to replace the ...

The Air Force has created its own badge to recognize airmen who are combat divers, after relying on a Navy decoration to honor its own for the past 16 years. Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown Jr.

This past week, airmen who completed the six-week-long Air Force Combat Dive Course were given Air Force-specific badges for their work. Even though the course has been running for more than a decade, ...