Africa Crash Claims Two Airmen: Pentagon officials said that two airmen were among the 10 US service members killed when two Marine Corps CH-53 helicopters crashed on Feb. 17 into the Gulf of Aden near northern Djibouti. The airmen were: SrA. Alecia S. Good, 23, of Broadview Heights, Ohio; and SSgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez, 33, of Bayamon, P.R. Good was assigned to the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild AFB, Wash., and Sanchez to the 1st CS, Langley AFB, Va. Both airmen and the eight marines killed were deployed as part of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
