The Defense Department has named Lt. Col. Stephen Kennedy, head of the 18th Comptroller Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, on the island of Okinawa, as one of the four top military comptrollers of the year. Pacific Air Forces already had recognized Kennedy and his unit as tops in the command for 2007. (18th Wing report by TSgt. Rey Ramon)
A new White House policy calls for the Pentagon to craft plans for additional space launch facilities to support a projected increase in launch demand that could see the U.S. supporting as many as 1,000 launches by 2030, more than a fivefold increase from 2025.