The Air Force has awarded a Bronze Star to Capt. Marco Tassone with the 78th Security Forces Squadron at Robins AFB, Ga., for his service in Afghanistan. The Macon Telegraph reports that Tassone served as plans and policies officer at the coalition detention facility at Bagram Air Base.
The Air Force is launching an effort to develop a new stand-off missile with a range of 1,000 nautical miles, or 1,150 miles, that would eventually be used for both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions.