The Air Force Reserve Command’s C-130Js of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have returned to their home station at Keesler AFB, Miss., which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Hurricane Hunters have had a busy season. They are joined back in Mississippi by the Flying Jennies of the 815th Airlift Squadron.
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.