The boss of Air Combat Command and the Air Force’s longest serving officer, Gen. Ron Keys, has taken his final flight as an active duty pilot, in preparation for retirement on Nov. 1, reports David Hopper. Keys piloted an F-4, which he flew in combat in the Vietnam War and flew as an instructor pilot at the Air Force Fighter Weapons School in Nevada. Keys, who turns his last command over to Gen. John Corley today, got doused with the traditional water bath.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3