Adm. Timothy J. Keating takes command of NORAD and US Northern Command, becoming the first Navy officer to hold the NORAD position, which traditionally went to the Air Force.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulon 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 Air…