The US relinquishes control of Joint Base Balad in Iraq with departure of the last members of USAF’s 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing.
Pentagon leaders, eager to move fast and avoid pitfalls that have plagued defense acquisition in the past, are handing authorities and oversight for some of their biggest programs to officers outside the traditional structure. But the Air Force and Space Force four-stars given those responsibilities say they don’t intend their jobs to be a permanent change to the system.
