Lt. Gen. Stephen Wood took control of 7th Air Force, headquartered at Osan AB, South Korea, during a ceremony Oct. 6, reports The Korea Times. Wood, who received Senate confirmation for his new post on Sept. 29, replaces Lt. Gen. Garry R. Trexler, who plans to retire. Wood previously served as USAF’s deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs at the Pentagon.
Raytheon, a division of defense giant RTX, recently announced a multiyear deal with the Pentagon to increase annual production of the Air Force’s primary dogfighting missile by more than 50 percent from two years ago.


