Retired Col. James Kasler, who received three Air Force Cross medals for his actions during the Vietnam War, has received another honor from the town of Momence, Ill., where he now lives. The town dedicated the Kasler-Momence Veterans Park during a ceremony Sept. 15. Maj. Karl Lewis reports that a crowd of more than 300 people gathered to honor Kasler, who began his service career as a B-29 gunner and went on to become an ace flying F-86s in the Korean War. He flew F-105s during the Vietnam War and survived six and one-half years as a POW. The ceremony included a fly-over by four Air Force Reserve Command F-16s. According to Kasler, “There’s nothing more glamorous than to be a jet fighter pilot in the United States Air Force.”
Unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous aircraft may provide a solution to operating in heavily contested domains such as the Taiwan Straits, according to a panel of expert who suggested operationalizing artificial intelligence for such purposes sooner rather than later. The group gathered virtually to help launch the Mitchell Institute for…