Air Force Space Command crowned the 341st Space Wing at Malmstrom AFB, Mont., USAF’s best ICBM unit May 9 at the awards ceremony for the command’s annual Guardian Challenge competition. The best space launch wing is the 45th SW at Patrick AFB, Fla., while the 50th SW at Schriever AFB, Colo., won the award for best space operations wing. The Space Development and Test Wing, at Kirtland AFB, N.M., earned the prize for best systems wing. For the full list of this year’s winner’s, click here for MSgt. Kate Rust’s full report. Guardian Challenge has been held since 1994.
The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas—will be a “case study” on the complex web of authorities needed to employ such weapons near civilian areas and the consequences of agencies…
