Lockheed Martin’s X-35A Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator makes its first flight, from Lockheed’s Palmdale, Calif., facility to Edwards AFB, 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.