President Obama tapped Lt. Gen. Gregory Biscone to serve as the Air Force’s next inspector general, announced the Defense Department. Biscone has been chief of the Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan at the US embassy in Islamabad since January 2013. If the Senate approves his nomination, Biscone would replace Lt. Gen. Stephen Mueller, who’s been serving as inspector general since May 2012. Obama also nominated Maj. Gen. Thomas Trask to receive a third star for assignment as US Special Operations Command’s vice commander, according to the Pentagon’s Feb. 28 release. He would succeed Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold, who’s held that position since July 2011. Trask has been director of SOCOM’s Center for Force Structure, Requirements, Resources, and Strategic Assessments at MacDill AFB, Fla., since October 2011.
How Miss America 2024 Took the Air Force Somewhere New
Dec. 20, 2024
When 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh became the first ever active service member crowned Miss America on Jan. 14, top Air Force officials recognized a rare opportunity to reach women and girls who otherwise might not consider military service as an option.