The Arizona Daily Star reports that one airman died and another was injured Sept. 12 when they were struck by a forklift as they walked across a parking lot at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. A subsequent report revealed that the two airmen were MSgt. Melvin Peele and MSgt. Lisa Peele, husband and wife. It was the husband who died on the scene.
The Air Force's new Aircraft Readiness Unit will maintain and provide Collaborative Combat Aircraft for operations, but won’t serve as a “schoolhouse” teaching fighter pilots how to manage these escort drones.