The Pentagon says it will monitor military recruiters over a period of five to 10 months to gather data about military recruiting practices to confront allegations of rising wrongdoing, according to Associated Press news service. AP reported earlier this month that every service had disciplined a total of 80 recruiters for sexual misconduct in 2005. A new Government Accountability Office report takes DOD to task for failing to effectively monitor irregularities.
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.