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.
Facing competition from fast-growing startups, Lockheed Martin is speeding up production of an “affordable, scalable” hypersonic glide body, dubbed the Next Generation Glide Body, the firm said in a June 24 release.