The Air Force posthumously awarded a Bronze Star to A1C LeeBernard Chavis, who was killed by sniper fire Oct. 14 while working with a military police training team in Baghdad. The Red Tail Flyer reports that airmen and soldiers at Balad AB, Iraq gathered at the base town hall for a memorial service. The Washington, D.C., native enlisted in the Air Force in March 2004. He was 21 years old.
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
