Eight US Air Force medics from bases in Arizona, California, North Dakota, and Texas are working with Ecuadorian military doctors to aid victims of the Tungurahua volcano eruption earlier this month. US Southern Command asked for medical personnel in family practice, dermatology, ophthalmology, and eye, ear, nose, and throat. The nearly 1,500 patients treated over a three-day period suffered most from eye, sinus, and throat problems. (Read more here.)
Reports of production troubles on the SpaceX rocket that could contend for military cargo deliveries happened to coincide with a different company’s concept receiving an early nod—one that might not require a rocket at all.