Aug. 21, 2018 Special Tactics Airman to be posthumously awarded Medal of Honor The White House announced July 27 that Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Takur Ghar in March 2002 while deployed to Afghanistan.
April 25, 2018 Signing checks and hiking fields; deployed contracting exercise at Fort Sill Contracting Airmen work to save the Air Force money by using smart spending techniques to get the best supplies possible at the lowest price. When contracting Airmen deploy, they fall back on their operational contracting support training.