Joby Aviation, Inc. announced the appointment of Lt. Gen. (ret) Scott Howell, former Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), to the Company's Advisory Board.

As JSOC Commander, Lt. Gen. Howell was responsible for the readiness and mission execution of highly-specialized forces across the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines.

Howell previously served as Vice Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), focused on organizing, training, and equipping more than 70,000 Special Operations personnel, as well as the organization's acquisitions and budgeting. Lt. Gen.

Howell served in special operations for more than two decades and deployed extensively. Howell, a career special operations helicopter pilot with more than 2,600 hours of flight experience, joins Joby's Advisory Board, sitting alongside Paul Rinaldi, former President of the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association (NATCA), and Dan Elwell, former Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.