Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso this week became the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services. Grosso, who received her third star during the ceremony, is the first woman to hold the position. The deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services, is responsible for plans and policies covering all parts of military and civilian personnel management, including endstrength, education and training, compensation, and resource allocation, according to a release. A large part of the job will be developing plans to expand the Human Capital Annex of the Air Force’s Strategic Master Plan to ensure the Air Force is capable today and in the future, Grosso? said. Grosso previously served as the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program director.
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.