An investigation board has decided that the death of SrA. Abby J. Bilbrey on May 4 when the vehicle in which she riding on the way to a remote transmitter site in the White Tank Mountains in Arizona rolled off the mountain was accidental. Bilbrey was turning over driving duty to another airman, A1C Isaac Acosta, when the accident took place. Both airmen were with the 56th Communications Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz.
The Air Force won’t finalize a new deal with Boeing for another 75 KC-46 tankers until some of the “deficiencies” with the refueler are resolved, new Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John D. Lamontagne told lawmakers March 4.