Indiana ANG Pilots Get Air Medals: Three Indiana Air National Guard pilots from Fort Wayne’s 122nd Fighter Wing have received Air Medals for single acts of heroism during their tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom last year, according to the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Lt. Col. Michael D. Tohler, Capt. Brian K. Frazier, and Capt. Timothy D. Rusch, flying F-16s, provided close air support to US Army soldiers, including destroying three buildings in Samarra, Iraq, where insurgents were firing on Army units.
Fresh off the first combat deployment of its new EA-37B, the Air Force is nearly doubling the planned number of new electronic attack jets and projecting more than $3 billion in spending on the program in the next five years.