The 32nd running of Ulchi Focus Lens is underway at Osan AB, South Korea. The UFL exercise tests command post elements for US and South Korea forces. Lt. Gen. Garry Trexler, 7th Air Force commander, says UFL helps teach younger personnel as it engages senior leaders in decision-making roles, and “equally important,” it tests the “most effective weapon system in the USAF inventory: our Air Operations Center.”
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.