Two more airmen from the 509th Security Forces Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Mo., received Army decorations for actions while deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Army awarded Army Commendation Medals to SrA. Simone Hurd and SrA. Bobbi Mead, both served as armed response team members covering Ali Base, Iraq, from September 2004 to March 2005 with the 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.
NASA, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance are all preparing to launch their next-gen rockets from Florida’s Space Coast, two of them before the year is out. One is expected to liberate the U.S. launch enterprise from its reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines, while all three rockets could eventually carry astronaut crews.