California Air National Guard medical officer, Lt. Col. Susan Pangelinan, is a “role model” for her endeavors in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, according to officials who presented her with a DOD STEM Role Model Award last week during a Women in Military Service for America Memorial event in Arlington, Va. Pangelinan served in the 1991 Operation Desert Storm and helped manage medical resources at the Pentagon following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, serving on active duty and in the Air Force Reserve before joining the Air Guard in 2002. During last year’s California wildfires, she worked with a multi-state, multi-agency disaster response force. She said at the award event, “It’s not so much what you know, but it’s more your ability to apply what you know in such situations.” (National Guard Bureau report by Air Force MSgt. Mike Smith)
The Air Force wants to replace at least some of the aircraft it has lost during Operation Epic Fury against Iran through a supplemental budget request to Congress, Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach indicated April 30.