The Air Force is sending Brig. Gen. Alfred Flowers to head the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools, part of Air University at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Currently he is serving with US Special Operations Command as director of the Center for Force Structure, Resources, and Strategic Assessments. And, newly selected Brig. Gen. Mark Ramsay will shift from an Air Staff plans and programs billet to the Joint Staff, serving as deputy director, politico-military affairs (Europe).
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.