CMSgt. William Turner is moving on to a new assignment as the command senior enlisted leader of US Transportation Command at Scott AFB, Ill., announced the Pentagon on Monday. Since December 2010, Turner has been Air Force Special Operations Command’s command chief at Hurlburt Field, Fla. He will replace CMSgt. Martin Klukas, who has been with TRANSCOM since November 2011.
Boeing received a $2.47 billion Air Force contract Nov. 25 for 15 more KC-46s, bringing to 183 the number of Pegasus tankers on contract to all customers, foreign and domestic. The new contract—for Lot 12 of the initially planned KC-46 buy—is to be completed by 2029.
