A couple of Dover AFB, Del., civilian airmen have received the Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award for 2007, signifying their excellence as aircraft maintainers. The Air Force named Greg Long, with the 436th Maintenance Squadron, as civilian manager of 2007, and Raymond Smith, also of the 436th AMS, as civilian technician of 2007. Both have long careers with the service. Long served four years on active duty and 22 years as an Air Reserve Technician and has served eight years as a civilian maintainer. Smith retired from active duty after 24 years in the Air Force and has been working at Dover as a civilian for two years. (Dover report by A1C Shen-Chia Chu)
United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is slated to fly its second national security mission in February—nearly six months after its first operational launch and almost a year after it was certified to fly military payloads for the Space Force.
