A graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey was among the three crew members killed when a firefighting air tanker crashed in Australia this week.
The crew members worked for a Canadian contractor, Coulson Aviation, an which owned the aircraft contracted to the New South Wales government.
Last night, Coulson released the names of the three dead Americans: Captain Ian H. McBeth, First Officer Paul Clyde Hudson and Flight Engineer Rick A. DeMorgan Jr.
Hudson lived in Arizona and graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School with a master’s degree in both business administration and information technology management. He spent 20 years serving in the US Marine Corps.
