Brig. Gen. Richard Scobee will become commander of 10th Air Force, one of Air Force Reserve Command’s three numbered air forces, announced the command on July 7. He will succeed Maj. Gen. William Binger, who has led 10th AF since November 2011. Scobee has been the director of Air Force Reserve plans, programs, and requirements at the Pentagon since October 2013. Headquartered at NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas, 10th AF oversees AFRC’s cyber, space, special operations, strike, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets.
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.