Capt. Justin Snider with the 13th Intelligence Squadron at Beale AFB, Calif., received the Dutch Peacekeeping Medal for his support to the war on terror while he worked under Dutch command at Regional Command South, Kandahar AB, Afghanistan. Among his accomplishments, Snider disseminated intelligence-reconnaissance-surveillance products, drafted regional ISR collection requirements, and educated coalition forces about Air Force ISR assets. (Beale report by SrA. George Cloutier)
The Senate Armed Services Committee this week released the full text of its version of the 2026 defense policy bill—often referred to as the National Defense Authorization Act—that would allow the Air Force and Space Force to spend billions of dollars more than the services had sought for next year.