Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox speaks to members of 18th Air Force during his Assumption of Command ceremony at the Scott Club on Scott Air Force Base, Oct. 19, 2015. As 18th AF commander, Cox will lead Air Mobility Command’s operational mission as Air Forces Transportation, the air component of U.S. Transportation Command. He is responsible for the command’s worldwide operational mission of providing rapid, global mobility and sustainment for America’s armed forces through airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and contingency response. Additionally, Cox also commands Task Force 294, which oversees Air Force tanker operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher