January 2021: Sow Medals Investiture for December 2020

SQUADRON AWARDS/ CITATIONS

New in January 2021, virtual squadrons will now be recognised as a “unit” for contributions over a longer period (each half year). This recognition comes in the form of “unit citations” which all pilots within that squadron will wear on their uniforms, as long as they remain a member of that squadron. New pilots who join a squadron will also be able to share in past glorious by also wearing the unit citation on their pilot page.

The Unit Citation is a yellow ribbon, as shown below:

The award process for unit citations is as follows:

Each year is divided into 12 monthly campaigns.
In any given campaign, a squad is regarded as having made a “significant contribution” if:
1. Two ore more pilots with their unit tags flew
2. pilots with unit tags collectively logged 10+ flight hours
Unit citations are awarded every half-year (Jan-Jun and Jul-Dec)
If a squad makes 5+ significant contributions in the given half-year, it gets a unit citation
A unit citation is displayed as an extra ribbon on member pilots’ records
The unit citation belongs to the squad, not the pilots. Thus:
1. new pilots joining that squad, will receive its past citation ribbon
2. pilots leaving the squad will lose the unit citation ribbon

These Squadrons/ Groups have been given Unit Citations for the period June to December 2020:

Jagdgeschwader 53
No.303 Squadron
No.54 Squadron
362nd FS
European Air Force (EAF)
78th Fighter Group
FF

PILOT AWARDS

The following pilots have received the below awards for their performance in December 2020.

23 Ribbons of each type were awarded for the month (based on the number of players who managed 10+ hours flying on the server). The ribbons will automatically show on your pilot profile on the SoW stats pages as soon as you start accumulating stats for December.

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