The Senate has confirmed Air National Guard Col. Deborah Rose for her first star and to become director of Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas, Kansas National Guard. Rose currently is the vice commander of the 190th Air Refueling Wing in Topeka. She is the first female general officer for the Kansas National Guard, according to a statement from the Kansas Adjutant General.
A half-dozen pilots from one of the Air Force’s premier F-16 units, the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., have been awarded one of the service’s highest decorations for their role in Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.