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.
A year away from its likely retirement—and 70 years to the day after the first U-2 flight—a two-seat version of the Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force, Calif., set records for distance covered and endurance on a single mission, demonstrating the venerable type’s continuing capability.