A Daily Report reader told us that upgraded C model Warthogs conducted operations in Afghanistan as early as November 2007, rendering our coverage of the latest A-10C deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom incomplete. The Michigan Air National Guard’s 110th Fighter Wing dispatched some A-10Cs to Iraq in late October 2007, but within a few days, Air Forces Central had sent the Michigan Hogs to Afghanistan, where they supplemented the force during the temporary grounding of the F-15 fleet. BRAC 2005 stripped the 110th FW of it’s Hogs.
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.