Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds has taken command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Gen. Bruce Carlson, head of Air Force Materiel Command, officiated at the ceremony at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton. Bowlds, who succeeds Maj. Gen. Perry L. Lamy, was the chief acquisition officer at Aeronautical Systems Center and has served in various program management functions, working on the F-117, B-2, and C-17 programs, among others.
Less than a day after arriving in the Middle East, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April 2024. DUDE flight, four F-15Es from the 335th Fighter Squadron, downed two dozen Iranian drones in roughly 45 minutes.