USAF receives the first new-build MC-130J Combat Shadow II (renamed Commando II on March 9, 2012), now part of the 27th SOW at Cannon AFB, N.M.
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.
