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)
When Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Air Force Gen. Dan Caine described the 150 aircraft used in Operation Absolute Resolve, the mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, he referenced many by name, including the F-35 and F-22 fighters and B-1 bomber. Not specified, however, were “remotely piloted drones,” among them a secretive aircraft spotted and photographed returning to Puerto…

