Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez presents Air University Space Chair Space Force Col. Galen Ojala with the country’s inaugural Ad Astra Medal during a ceremony July 28, 2022, at the Colombia Air Force Academy in Cali. Ojala and several others were awarded the medal for their efforts in helping Colombia with its emerging national space program. Ojala received the Ad Astra (To the Stars) Medal for his service as U.S. Southern Command’s director of Space Forces within Air Forces Southern at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., between 2018 and 2021. He joined Air University as its space chair in June 2021 (Courtesy photo)