The Pentagon has identified an airman killed Oct. 14 by enemy gunfire while he was working with a military police training team in Iraq. He was A1C Leebernard E. Chavis, a security forces airman deployed from the 23rd Wing, Moody AFB, Ga., to the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Balad AB, Iraq, according to an Air Force release. At the time of his death he was serving as a turret gunner with the Iraqi police near Baghdad.
U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones have been the standout platform in Operation Epic Fury against Iran, Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach said May 20.