Blacks in Government has awarded MSgt. Angela Kennedy the 2006 BIG Meritorious Service Award for the Air Force for setting a standard of continuous advancement and improvement. Kennedy, a 22-year Air Force veteran assigned to Eglin AFB, Fla., is nearing completion of a bachelor’s degree and plans to undertake a master’s. She also volunteers in many capacities, including mentoring 48 teenagers.
The B-52H Stratofortress that crashed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on June 15 was helping test a new advanced radar that is key to a sweeping modernization of the six-decade old bomber.