The Pentagon announced Jan. 19 that SrA. Omar J. McKnight, 22, of Marrero, La., died Jan. 17 in a non-hostile incident in Iraq. McKnight deployed to Joint Base Balad from the 6th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill AFB, Fla. There was no further information available.
The Space Development Agency added 21 satellites to its nascent data transport network in an Oct. 15 launch, the second mission in a 10-month campaign to field 154 operational spacecraft.
