A KC-10 Extender refuels an F-35A from the 461st Flight Test Squadron while a B-2 stealth bomber and three F-16s wait their turn during a recent training mission. The planes were on various test missions when they all flocked to the KC-10 to refuel in midair via the tanker’s boom. Photo by Christian Turner/Air Force.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on and NATO looks to deter further aggression in Europe, a number of the top U.S. military leadership positions on the continent are changing hands in quick succession—starting with a change of command for U.S. Air Forces in Europe on June 27. Gen. James…