Command for US Air Forces in Europe formally has changed from Gen. Robert H. Foglesong to Gen. William T. Hobbins. (DR 11/10/05) At the ceremony, which took place at Ramstein AB, Germany, on Dec. 6, Hobbins praised Foglesong, particularly for overseeing the stand up of the Air Force Warfighting Headquarters and centers of excellence for expeditionary operations, air dominance, and joint fires. Hobbins also publicly lauded USAFE airmen in a commentary released by his new command.
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. 14.
