Gen. Mark A. Welsh III succeeds Gen. Norton A. Schwartz as USAF Chief of Staff.
Air Combat Command will hold its distinguished William Tell Air-to-Air Weapons competition in March after it was postponed last year.
U.S. Air Force aircraft spanning 75 years. Read "This Day In Airpower." Illustration by Mike Tsukamoto/staff
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