At Malmstrom AFB, Mont., three airmen have received Bronze Medals for their actions in Iraq. Maj. Lawrence King, chief of the 341st Space Wing command post, served a year in Iraq, setting up a strategic communications function and supported senior leaders during the Iraqi elections process. Capt. Jonathan Bennett, with the 741st Security Forces Squadron, managed a 10-man US military training team and 220 Iraqi soldiers, for a year and successfully overcame a convoy ambush with no coalition casualties. SrA. Charity Trueblood, 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron, saved a civilian truck driver when her convoy was attacked and aided the advance of the convoy amidst enemy fire.
Small one-way attack drones widely used on the frontlines of Ukraine and against U.S. outposts in the Middle East have fundamentally altered the definition of air superiority, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife said April 24. "Our traditional conception of what things like…