The Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is under new command. Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry replaced Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, who has led AFRL since July 2013, on May 13, according to a May 16 release. Before taking over the AFRL, McMurry served as the vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif. Masiello—a command pilot with more than 3,300 flight hours in more than 20 different aircraft—will retire in July, ending a 35-year Air Force career, according to the release. He called commanding the AFRL the highlight of his Air Force career. “I thought flying fighters was fun, but AFRL easily tops that,” said Masiello, who has flown the F-15, F-15E, F-16, and F-111, among other aircraft.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulf on July 25 in a 32-hour flight, as conflicts continued to roil the area with U.S. troops coming under attack in Iraq and Syria on July 25 and July 26, U.S. officials told…