Defense Secretary Robert Gates terminates the newly restarted KC-X tanker competition, explaining he didn’t believe the process could yield a new winner by January and preferred to leave it for the new Administration.
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.
