The Air Force has awarded Bronze Star medals to two explosive ordnance disposal technicians at Beale AFB, Calif., for their actions while deployed to Iraq. MSgt. William Arganda oversaw EOD operations at a forward operating base near Baghdad, while TSgt. John Lewis worked as a team leader for a weapons intelligence team, first near Tikrit and then near Baghdad.
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.