Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was named the recipient of the W. Stuart Symington Award by the Air and Space Force Association. Senator Wicker served in the Air Force as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) Officer, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Air Force Reserve. The AFA and our 130,000 Members are grateful for his leadership of the US Senate Armed Services Committee. The award, named for the first Secretary of the Air Force, is the AFA’s highest civilian honor. Bush, as well as former Senate Armed Services Committee Chairmen John McCain and Jim Inhofe.