The Air Force is planning to locate a new Financial Transformation Customer Service and Call Center at Offutt AFB, Neb., or Ellsworth AFB, S.D., according to the Associated Press news service. USAF plans to merge operations at several bases in the one new center. Look for an announcement in April, preceded by intense community and lawmaker lobbying.
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.