The Air Force has awarded an Airman’s Medal to Capt. David Burnett for his actions in June to save the lives of a mother and two small children trapped in their car after a major traffic accident. Burnett, who is commander of the 375th Military Personnel Flight at Scott AFB, Ill., received his award from Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Arthur Lichte.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III chaired a China military briefing Oct. 27, part of a bi-weekly series of briefings with senior military commanders about China’s growing threat in the wake of an orbital hypersonics weapon test that elicited public worries from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. “What we…