The Pentagon announced today that TSgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Ky., died Dec. 15 from wounds he received from an improvised explosive device that detonated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Campbell had deployed from Air Force Reserve Command’s 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill. (For more read this Scott release posted Dec. 17)
A record investment in research and development by the Department of the Air Force will help the United States win the long-term technology race with China, even while shrinking the fleet size before a possible mid-decade Taiwan contingency, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said May 17. “With the Air Force,…