The Air Force has awarded an Airman’s Medal to Capt. David Burnett for his actions in June to save the lives of a mother and two small children trapped in their car after a major traffic accident. Burnett, who is commander of the 375th Military Personnel Flight at Scott AFB, Ill., received his award from Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Arthur Lichte.
The Air Force wants to pump more than $12 billion over the next five years into its new affordable long-range missiles program and recently asked industry to push the flights of some of those munitions beyond 1,200 miles.