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.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
