The Air Force has awarded Bronze Stars to seven airmen at Charleston AFB, S.C. Five went to combat camera members: Capt. John Clagnaz, MSgt. Christopher Nolan, TSgt. Jeremy Lock, SSgt. James Harper, and SSgt. Richard Rose. Two went to security forces airmen: SMSgt. Lex Gibson and TSgt. Jeffrey Wagner.
Happy Birthday US Air Force: 78 Today
Sept. 18, 2025
Seventy-eight years ago today, on Sept. 18, 1947, Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first ever Secretary of the Air Force, and the Air Force officially became the first new military service since the Revolutionary War.