Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds has taken command of the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Gen. Bruce Carlson, head of Air Force Materiel Command, officiated at the ceremony at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton. Bowlds, who succeeds Maj. Gen. Perry L. Lamy, was the chief acquisition officer at Aeronautical Systems Center and has served in various program management functions, working on the F-117, B-2, and C-17 programs, among others.
The U.S. supports “a stronger and more capable” European defense, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said during an Oct. 22 press conference in Brussels—but that defense should not duplicate the functions and capabilities of the NATO alliance.