The Defense Department has given four of eight environmental awards for 2006 either to Air Force bases or individuals. The USAF winners are: Arnold AFB, Tenn., for Natural Resources Conservation; Gary O’Donnell of Hickam AFB, Hawaii, for Individual/Team Cultural Resources Management; Tinker AFB, Okla., for Environmental Quality in an Industrial Installation; and Dover AFB, Del., for Installation Environmental Restoration.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.