Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley presented an American Air Force Bronze Star medal to RAF Wing Commander Red Thompson. Currently serving as an exchange officer at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Thompson worked with Moseley during the planning and initial execution of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Air Force F-35s and F-22s regularly deploy deep into the Pacific region from Alaska, Utah, and Hawaii. In the future, though, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command would like to see the Air Force permanently station fifth-generation aircraft west of the international date line—closer to China.