Inspector General teams from Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command that recently inspected the two wings at Minot AFB, N.D., for their nuclear surety practices gave both ACC’s 5th Bomb Wing and AFSPC’s 91st Space Wing the highest inspection ratings. The ICBM unit, the 91st SW, also underwent a readiness inspection, receiving an “excellent.” According to Brig. Gen. Thomas Deppe, AFSPC’s 20th Air Force commander, there is no Air Force inspection “as comprehensive as a NSI.” He added that in his 39 years, he has “never seen results like this.”
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.