Air Force officials say they must involuntary retrain up to 777 active duty noncommissioned officers into chronically short career fields. Some 300 airmen elected to select their preferred new career field. The Air Force Personnel Center posts a vulnerability list each week here.
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.