Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian took command of US Air Forces Central Command, and control of the air wars against ISIS and in Afghanistan, during a Friday ceremony at Shaw AFB, S.C. Harrigian took command fromLt. Gen. Charles Brown, who is moving on to become the No. 2 commander of US Central Command. Harrigian, who previously served as director of the F-35 Integration Office, had served as both the deputy director of operations and the assistant deputy commander of AFCENT, and has flown combat missions in operations Just Cause and Desert Storm. “There is nothing more motivating than leading in combat,” Harrigian said at the ceremony, according to an AFCENT release. “I’m humbled and honored to be provided the chance to lead our airmen in today’s fight—not a fight in the future, but a fight we are in today to defend America.”
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
