Company pilot Tony LeVier makes the first flight of the Lockheed TP-80C, the prototype of the T-33, the world’s first jet trainer, at Van Nuys, Calif.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.