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.
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.