43-year-old Rick A. DeMorgan Jr. from Navarre was aboard a Lockheed large air tanker fighting fires in Australia that crashed in New South Wales Wednesday. There were no survivors .
Rick A. DeMorgan Jr. is survived by his two children , his parents , and his sister.. Rick served in the United States Air Force with eighteen years as a Flight Engineer on the C-130. Rick had over 4,000 hours as a Flight Engineer with nearly 2,000 hours in a combat environment. Rick’s passion was always flying and his children.
