US Central Command Air Forces officials say two US Air Force personnel assigned to the 586th Expeditionary Mission Support Group have been killed and a third injured on Jan. 22 by an improvised explosive device. They were on convoy escort duty near Taji, Iraq. The names are being withheld, pending notification of next of kin.
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.