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.
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…