With many military occupational specialties focused on working within the digital realm, the Department of Defense recently announced a new award intended to ensure those fighting wars in cyberspace are recognized for their bravery.

 

April Fool’s you guys. What isn’t a joke, however, is that the U.S. Air Force actually took this picture and then hosted it on their servers for public use. They had to know we’d do something with it.

 

Image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force

 

Here’s a video of a C-130 gunship conducting life fire exercises for being a good sport: