T
he Air Force presented its new Combat Action Medal for the first time during a special ceremony June 12 at the new Air Force Memorial honoring six airmen. They are: Maj. Steven Raspet, an A-10 pilot; Capt. Allison Black, an AC-130H gunship navigator; SMSgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, a pararescueman; MSgt. Charlie Peterson, an Air National Guard vehicle operator; MSgt. Byron Allen, an MH-53 Pave Low aerial gunner; and SSgt. Daniel Paxton, an aeromedical evacuation technician. Among the VIPs attending the ceremony were members of the family of Air Force legend Gen. Billy Mitchell, whose personal aircraft insignia inspired the new medal’s design, reports SSgt. Monique Randolph.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
