The Air Force has announced the five teams winning the 2005 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards. They were chosen from a field of 15 teams, all of which, said Air Force officials, promoted systematic process improvements, leading in many cases to cost savings and mission improvement. The teams are assigned to units in California, Colorado, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Washington. Read the list here.
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.