We reported earlier that TSgt. Ruben Vazquez, a medical technician with the 36th Medical Operations Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam, had earned a Bronze Star for heroic actions while deployed to Iraq. Now, he’s gotten an “instant promotion” to master sergeant, delivered by Gen. Paul Hester, commander of Pacific Air Forces.
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.