The Defense Department announced May 21 that 1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte, 25, had died May 20 of wounds received from an improvised explosive device near Kabul, Afghanistan. The St. Louis, Mo., native had deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom from Headquarters Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. According to an Air Force release last year about a Virtual Flag exercise, Schulte had served as an intelligence and reconnaissance officer with the 613th Air and Space Operations Center, part of 13th Air Force at Hickam.
The Guardians of the 11th Space Warning Squadron were honored as the top U.S. Space Force unit for 2024 for their role in thwarting Iranian missile barrages last year.