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.
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.