Col. Paul Tibbets IV, one of the few pilots qualified to fly all three of the Air Force’s bomber types, was selected for the grade of brigadier general and to serve as deputy director of nuclear operations at US Strategic Command headquarters at Offutt AFB, Neb. Tibbets currently serves as deputy director of operations at Air Force Global Strike Command headquarters at Barksdale AFB, La.
Officials at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., said the range is “fully mission capable” to support launches following a major May 28 mishap involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.