A bomber maintenance squadron commander recently lost her job at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, just two days before a mobility wing commander at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., lost his.
Scot Ames Jr., a 24-year-old instructor pilot with the 50th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi, died in the crash. The name of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force student pilot also killed in the crash was not released.
The success of officers from ROTC programs at Historical Black Colleges and Universities was based on the realization of the value diversity brings to the U.S. military, says the author of this commentary.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Alaxey Germanovich earned the award for his actions during an eight-hour battle with enemy forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in April 2017.