The Enid News and Eagle reports that Vance AFB, Okla., has the second busiest airfield in the Air Force and one of the lowest flying safety mishap records. According to the Enid, Okla. Newspaper, the 71st Flying Training Wing flies about 87,000 hours every year. The wing suffered its last Class A mishap in September 2000. Reporter Jeff Mullin talked with Maj. Paul Cory, chief of Flight Safety at Vance, who explained that his staff talk with both pilots and maintainers to get at the “root cause” of aircraft problems.
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.