The hurricane in New Orleans did nothing to dampen the wildfire raging in Idaho, so on Sunday Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo., sent two C-130s and crews to help battle the Idaho blaze.
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.