The Air Force has awarded Bronze Star Medals to TSgt. Robert Thompson and TSgt. Aaron Winward for their meritorious service while deployed to the Multinational Force Iraq command earlier this year. Both Thompson and Winward are members of the 820th Security Forces Group at Moody AFB, Ga. They also both served as security forces squad leaders during their deployments. (Moody release)
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
