USAF Lt. Gen. Daniel Leaf has become the deputy commander of US Pacific Command, with headquarters at Camp Smith, Hawaii. A veteran pilot, Leaf was vice commander of Air Force Space Command, headquartered at Peterson AFB, Colo.
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.