Maj. Gen. Mark Brown, who currently serves as director of financial management for Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, has been selected to serve as commander of 2nd Air Force, Air Education and Training Command at Keesler AFB, Miss. He will replace Maj. Gen. Leonard Patrick, who has held the position since July 2011. Patrick has been selected to serve as vice commander of Headquarters Air Education and Training Command at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, announced the Air Force on May 15.
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
