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 rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
