Space Boss Receives Sword: 
The enlisted personnel of Air Force Space Command recently entered Gen. Lance W. Lord into the select company of the Order of the Sword. Lord, who is AFSPC commander, announced in December that he would retire from the Air Force on April 1. CMSgt. Ron Kriete, AFSPC’s top enlisted, called Lord “a great leader, a great general, and more importantly, a great gentleman.” Lord noted that from his first assignment he has “been in the care of airmen.” He added, “It’s a dumb general who doesn’t listen to his chief.”
The Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.