Gp Capt Boyd is both the first woman and the first engineer to take up the station commander role at RAF Marham.
The base has 3,000 staff and is home to the F-35 Lightning, a fifth generation, multi-role, stealth fighter jet.
“At the moment we are focused on a deployment in the next few weeks to go onto the carrier,” she said.
“That’s taking a lot of effort to make sure our people are trained and prepared, that their families are in the right place and are well supported.
“We’re also part of an annual NATO exercise in the next couple of weeks where we’ve got Spanish aircraft coming here to Marham and operating here.”
Gp Capt Boyd said these exercises were routine but had taken on additional importance given the “global context”, with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.