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Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost
Air Force Strength now 'very weak';TRANSOM unveils agile strategy to deter China.
World: ASC22--Air Force adapts ACE; An emphasis on people; Flexibility for the Air Force future; Collaborative Combat Aircraft; Semper Supra.
Retired Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright leads a discussion with Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command; Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy; and Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas, commander of the ...
Undersecretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, head of U.S. Transportation Command, and Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, head of Pacific Air Forces, joined together for a panel on “Preparing for Global Competition” at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. ...
The Air Force needs to start investing in its “next generation of strategic mobility and refueling assets,” U.S. Transportation Command boss Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost said—and that means replacing the two pillars of those respective fleets. “The C-17 has demonstrated its merits countless times, ...
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The military’s capacity to move people and objects around within single geographic combatant commands may have taken a back seat to other “mobility priorities” in recent years, but the commander of U.S. Transportation Command now sees intra-theater airlift as an “area of increased interest.” In ...
America may be on the verge of promoting its first woman to lead a military service. The Air Force has the inside track.
The role of U.S. Transportation Command is likely to evolve under the upcoming National Defense Strategy, as the Defense Department shifts its focus to China and Russia. “One thing that has become really clear is that TRANSCOM has been the force that ‘deploys the force, ...
Van Ovost is currently the only female four-star general in the Defense Department and just the fourth in Air Force history. She and retired Gen. Lori J. Robinson are now the only women to lead a unified combatant command—Robinson headed U.S. Northern Command and NORAD ...
Air Force F-15s and F-16s are now cleared to refuel from new KC-46A tankers using the air-to-air refueling boom, the head of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Mike Minihan, directed Oct. 15. The order is the third "interim capability release" since July clearing aircraft to refuel ...
