Members of the Indiana Air National Guard’s 181st Intelligence Wing, together with compatriots from the state’s Army National Guard, were activated late last week to aid communities around Terre Haute and in the Wabash Valley region of southern Indiana that were slammed by severe thunderstorms and subsequent flooding. As of June 10, more than 900 Guard airmen and soldiers from across the state were performing missions such as filling and deploying sandbags to stem flood water, assisting in evacuations, recovering stranded citizens, securing facilities, and providing drinking water. (181st Intelligence Wing report by SSgt. Chris Jennings)
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.