The Air Force has awarded Special Agent Gregory Carmack the Bronze Star medal for valor 36 seconds of action that stopped a suicide car bomber in Iraq, reports the Honolulu Star Bulletin. Carmack, who now is assigned to the Office of Special Investigation at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, opened fire on a pickup truck that had run over an Iraqi policeman and was trying to intercept the convoy Carmack was leading. He fired 10 rounds; seven hit the truck, killing the driver.
A pair of Air Force generals are set to receive third stars and take over new commands. The Pentagon announced a new slate of nominations May 25. President Joe Biden nominated Maj. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins to become a lieutenant general and the new commander of the Air Force Sustainment…