There’s a news report in the Korea Times that says USAF pilots in South Korea, principally those flying out of Osan Air Base, may have a new training range soon, courtesy of the South Korean air force. (DR, 10/19/05) The bad news is the South Korean air force has to regroup its training sites and reschedule its training. However, South Korean defense officials say that’s not a problem. We probably will never know if the letter-writing campaign by USAF pilots greased the sticky wheels of international cooperation.
Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost—a trailblazer and one of the first 10 women to reach a four-star rank across the U.S. military—retired and passed control of U.S. Transportation Command to Air Force Gen. Randall Reed on Oct. 4, finishing an eventful tenure at TRANSCOM.