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.
A-10 Thunderbolt II attack planes in the Middle East are flying with fresh modifications as the Air Force looks to make the plane more versatile amid America’s ongoing blockade of Iranian ports and a tenuous ceasefire in the U.S. air war against Iran.