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.
Unit commanders are being told to separate service members who can’t shave their cheeks and chin for medical reasons for more than a year, according to new guidance from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.