Personnel at Edwards AFB, Calif., found Col. Bryan J. Gallagher unconscious in a base fitness center parking lot early Tuesday morning, according to a base release. Efforts to revive the colonel, who had commanded the 95th Air Base Wing since last spring, were unsuccessful. He was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, where medical personnel declared him dead at 7:45 a.m. Gallagher was a Civil Engineer officer and had served as the 95th ABW vice commander before assuming command. There was no word yet as to the cause of death.
Young Air Force and Space Force recruits in Basic Military Training will not be trading in their non-firing M4 carbines for live M4s anytime soon. After leaders previously said they wanted to make the switch, Maj. Gen. Wolfe Davidson said it may not be necessary for Airmen to carry real…