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Out of interest is this wing only worn by aircrew?
Is it only worn by Officers, Warrant Officers and SNCO's.
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The wing, officially called the 'Space Operators Badge', is worn by non aircrew Officers and NCO's, and can be awarded to all three services as well as others. Eight were initially awarded, six to the RAF, one to a British Army Captain Ammunition Technical Officer and one to a USAF Officer on exchange, and were presented by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston. Others have been presented since.
The Army officer, Captain Andrew Thompson-Burt has already worked as the Operations Officer for a year. Those awarded the badge effectively monitor space for anything that might be considered a threat to personnel or operations, or to the UK itself. Although it falls under the RAF the Space Operator role isn't an aircrew one, so its a wonder why an aircrew badge was designed for it.
The new wing is slightly larger than conventional RAF Aircrew wings.