Lt. Gen. John F. Regni is headed to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where, as superintendent, he will be expected to help turn around a school with more than its share of problems recently. If confirmed by the Senate, Regni, who currently is the commander of Air University at Maxwell AFB, Ala., would replace Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. Rosa decided to cut his tenure short, accepting, earlier this summer, the top job at The Citadel, his old alma-mater in Charleston, S.C. Rosa was brought in to help clean up a sexual assault and harassment scandal, then was faced with a second scandal—over religious proselytizing. Regni is an Academy graduate.
Air Force officials are exploring the idea of creating a new acquisition office to oversee the point defense mission, in the service’s latest move to intensify its focus on defending airbases from drone and missile attacks, Air Force Secretary Troy E. Meink said Sept. 14, during AFA’s Air, Space &…
