The Pentagon has announced that MSgt Randy J. Gillespie, 44, died July 9 in Herat, Afghanistan, of wounds received from small arms fire near Camp Stone. Gillespie deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom from the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
