Second Lieutenant Kelly Nettleblad became the 10,000th student to graduate from the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class at Columbus AFB, Miss. Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command, last month pinned the silver pilot wings on Nettleblad, who will become a T-38 instructor pilot at Columbus.
Three of four congressional committees with influence over defense policy have voted to change the official name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War—but final approval of the Pentagon rebrand is months away and not yet assured.