The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Lt. Col. Raymond Roessler, 43, assigned to the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill AFB, Utah, died in the crash of his civilian Piper Cherokee on Oct. 5 in San Bernardino County, Calif. Roessler was flying from Long Beach to Henderson, Nev., as part of an official business trip that began with a flight from Utah to Long Beach on Oct. 2. A statement from Hill confirms that Roessler died in the crash.
The KC-Z4, a blended wing body tanker concept being developed by startup JetZero, could fuel larger groups of aircraft at longer range to hold more targets at risk, company officials say.