The Air Force put on a special ceremony at Andrews AFB, Md., to welcome its new Secretary—Michael Wynne—back into the “blue.” Wynne is a West Point graduate, but he transferred to the Air Force, serving seven years on active duty. He didn’t stray far from the Air Force, though, because he worked in industry on the F-16 fighter and Atlas and Centaur space launch boosters. Hundreds in the Capital Region turned out for the Jan. 12 event, which featured the Air Force band and honor guard.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.