The Air Force has awarded the Silver Star to a female airman for the first time following her role in the shootdown of more ... Lacie "Sonic" Hester, an F-15E instructor weapons systems officer, is ...

Senior Airman Roger Fortson ... telling him afterwards to drop the weapon. "It's over there. I don't have it," Fortson said as he lay on the floor. A lawyer for the Fortson family, Ben Crump ...

An F-15E instructor weapons systems officer in the 494th Fighter ... on Tuesday at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, including airmen who worked on the ground to keep the fighters flying in and out.