Burg went on to say that he is working hard on Capitol Hill and in other places to dispel the myth that non-deployed service members are not active participants in the Global War on Terror. “That’s absolutely wrong,” Burg says airmen in space operations are key to providing near-time ISR capabilities from platforms such as Global Hawk and Predator UAVs to warfighters in the field and intelligence-gathering operations back home.
The U.S. military conducted strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz on May 7, as the conflict with Iran flared up again—though officials say the ceasefire remains in effect.