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.
As Air Force leaders consider concepts of operations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft, sustainment in the field—and easing that support by using standard parts and limiting variants—should be a key consideration, according to a new study from AFA's Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies.