Pacific Air Forces has installed newly promoted Lt. Gen. Loyd Utterback as commander of 13th Air Force, now formally operating at its new home at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Formerly assigned to Andersen AFB, Guam, as a management headquarters, 13th AF now is one of USAF’s 10 operational warfighting headquarters. Utterback took over from Maj. Gen. Edward Rice, who moved the command from Andersen to Hickam. Rice now serves as PACAF vice commander.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.