Lt. Col. Martha McSally, an Air Force Academy graduate and A-10 pilot, becomes the first active duty woman to lead an Air Force combat flying squadron when she takes command of the 354th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3