CMSgt. Joseph Barron is Air Mobility Command’s new top enlisted man, reporting for his new role after 16 months at Keesler AFB, Miss., as the command chief master sergeant for 2nd Air Force. Barron’s service includes duty with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Air Force Recruiting Service, and Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team.
The advanced F-47 sixth-generation fighter remains on track to fly in the next two years, the senior Air Force acquisition officer overseeing the program said Feb. 25, as the service continues on its ambitious schedule to debut the air superiority-focused fighter by 2028—only three years after the contract was awarded…