Retired Col. James Kasler, who received three Air Force Cross medals for his actions during the Vietnam War, has received another honor from the town of Momence, Ill., where he now lives. The town dedicated the Kasler-Momence Veterans Park during a ceremony Sept. 15. Maj. Karl Lewis reports that a crowd of more than 300 people gathered to honor Kasler, who began his service career as a B-29 gunner and went on to become an ace flying F-86s in the Korean War. He flew F-105s during the Vietnam War and survived six and one-half years as a POW. The ceremony included a fly-over by four Air Force Reserve Command F-16s. According to Kasler, “There’s nothing more glamorous than to be a jet fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.”
New approaches to testing Space Force equipment are speeding up delivery to operators, but the service needs more testers and perhaps its own space-focused test center, officials said April 1. Those are key pieces of the fledgling force’s testing methods and future moves that will keep new technology flowing into…