The Texas Adjutant General, Army Gen. Charles Rodriquez, awarded an Army Commendation Medal to MSgt. Lynn Bailey, fuels superintendent for the Texas Air National Guard’s 147th Fighter Wing, for speedy delivery of diesel fuel to 130 buses stranded with thousands of Texas Gulf Coast evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita. Bailey also is the Air Guardsman who rigged up a special fuel nozzle. (DR, 09/27/05)
Pentagon officials overseeing homeland counter-drone strategy told lawmakers that even with preliminary moves to bolster U.S. base defenses, the military still lacks the capability to comprehensively identify, track, and engage hostile drones like those that breached the airspace of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for 17 days in December…