Army Ground Liaison Officer Capt. Phil Messer and friends have high praise for USAF’s 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and the support it provides ground forces in Iraq. Messer shared an e-mail he got from a soldier, who wrote: “We were a long, long way from reinforcements; and it’s been comforting to know that we could get on the radio and have jets screaming overhead in minutes.” Messer also told Air Force journalist TSgt. Veronica Aceveda that the 379th provides “a real confidence boost.”
Since President Donald Trump first unveiled his “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative in late January, much of the focus for it has been focused on space—how the Pentagon may deploy dozens, if not hundreds, of sensors and interceptors into orbit to protect the continental U.S. from missile barrages. But the Air…