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.
The U.S. continued to move a significant amount of airpower toward the Middle East in recent days as talks to forge a nuclear deal with Iran hung in the balance. Flight tracking data indicate there was unusually heavy movement of dozens of fighter jets and other assets that might be…
