There was an odd suicide yesterday of a high-ranking acquisitions officer in the Air Force…can’t people just face the music anymore?

Riechers, a retired Air Force officer who went to work for Payton in January, came under Congressional scrutiny this month following reports that he held a no-work job with a defense contractor while waiting for his Pentagon job to be finalized.

The Washington Post reported Oct. 1 that the Air Force arranged for the Commonwealth Research Institute, a private contractor based in Johnston, Pa., to pay Riechers $13,400 a month while the White House reviewed his appointment.

The newspaper said Riechers was employed by Commonwealth for two months but did no work for the company. Instead, he worked for Payton on projects including the tanker contest, which pits Boeing Co. against Northrop Grumman Corp. for a $40 billion contract that could bring a tanker assembly complex to Mobile.

Key Air Force figure involved in tanker competition is dead Acquisitions executive Riechers apparently commits suicide- al.com

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