Officials at Eglin AFB, Fla., have signed a “unique” Master Labor Agreement that covers two unions—American Federation of Government Employees Local 1897 and Local 1942, reports base journalist Lois Walsh. Brig. Gen. David Eidsaune, head of the Air Armament Center at Eglin, says the base “sets the example for the rest of the command in terms of how unions and management work together for efficiency, fairness, and leveling the playing field for all.” Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command facility.
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.