In a new undated letter to airmen, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley encourage them to respect the diversity of the men and women in the service and to be intolerant of harassment. Moseley and Wynne tell the airmen that “under enemy fire the race, religion, sex, or geographic origin of the airman fighting next to us is irrelevant,” reminding them that “we’re in this fight together.”
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.