Army Air Forces Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay succeeds Brig. Gen. Haywood “Possum” Hansell as commander of XXI Bomber Command in the Mariana Islands.
In the wake of a major Chinese military shakeup, the head of U.S. Space Command warned of China’s “breathtakingly fast” advances in space during visits to Japan and South Korea. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting’s trip to the Indo-Pacific is his first overseas visit since taking command of SPACECOM in January.