Construction company workers digging a trench for a water pipeline in North Monterey County in California came across a piece of wreckage believed to be that of a military aircraft from the 1940s. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency called on Travis Air Force Base for help investigating the site. Capt. Vanessa Hill told reporters that so far they had found no obvious markings on the wreckage.
Gas is king in the vast expanse of the Pacific. And as the Pentagon has sought to build up its capability to deter China, the Department of Defense has undergone a major rethink about how to get fuel to the region. At the heart of the effort is the U.S. Transportation…