SSgt. Jesse Childress, 29, an Air Force Reservist assigned to the 310th Forces Support Squadron at Buckley AFB, Colo., died in the mass shooting on July 20 in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., near Denver, announced Air Force officials on July 22. Childress, from Thornton, Colo., was a cyber systems operator on active duty orders. He was among the 12 fatalities and scores of wounded in the incident. Another Reservist was wounded in the shooting attack, according to the officials. This airman, also on active duty orders at Buckley, left a hospital on July 21 after treatment, they said. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Larimer, 27, of Crystal Lake, Ill., also died in the shooting, announced the Navy. Another sailor was injured. Alleged gunman James Holmes is in police custody.
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
