Whence the JSF Timetable: Reuters news service reports that Pentagon acquisition guru Kenneth Krieg held a set-to last week with DOD and service officials to lay out a timetable for acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. They met but produced no schedule, at least for public consumption. (Congressional Research Service defense analysts claim the program is being developed too fast.)
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.