Airmen of the 723rd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron—also known by their Army pseudonym of 1058th Gun Truck Company—recently passed the four-million-mile mark shepherding convoys across Iraq for the past two years. During that time, two of the unit’s gunners—SSgt. Dustin Peters and A1C Carl Anderson—were killed in action. The gun truck airmen now are transitioning the mission back to the Army.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.