Lt. Col. Richard Piazza, director of operations with the 23rd Operations Support Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., has won the 2008 Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault Award that recognizes the Air Force’s outstanding aerial warfare tactician. Piazza will receive his award Sept. 15 at the Air Force Association’s Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C. He won for his work as lead pilot during developmental testing of A-10C upgrades at Nellis AFB, Nev. (Moody report by A1C Spencer Gallien)
Internationally known and respected Army Gen. Colin Powell died Oct. 18 at age 84 of complications from COVID-19. Powell served a 35-year Army career capped by duties as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush. He…