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 Pentagon has concluded a new agreement to buy laser-guidance kits that turn rockets into drone-killing weapons. BAE Systems and the Defense Department announced a framework deal of up to seven years for 25,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guidance kits annually for the U.S. military.