SrA. Daniel R. Sanchez, a combat controller assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla., has died while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Defense Department has announced. He was 23. A native of El Paso, Tex., Sanchez died on Sept. 16 in Oruzgan province, according to DOD’s release.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.