Malmstrom AFB, Mont., Patrick AFB, Fla., and Peterson AFB, Colo., were the top winners at Air Force Space Command’s Guardian Challenge 2006. Malmstrom’s 341st Space Wing received the Blanchard Trophy for Best Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Space Wing. The 45th SW from Patrick took home the Schriever Trophy for Best Space Launch Wing. The 21st SW at Peterson collected the Aldridge Trophy for Best Space Operations Wing. (Read more here.)
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.