The Senate on May 19 also confirmed Maj. Gen. Craig McKinley for a third star and to lead the Air National Guard. McKinley currently serves as assistant deputy chief of staff for plans and programs on the Air Staff. He will succeed Lt. Gen. Daniel James III, who has just retired.
After years of describing to lawmakers and Pentagon leaders the nature of that threat and the key role spacepower plays in deterring conflict in the domain and enabling the rest of the joint force, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters during AFA’s Warfare Symposium here that the message appears to…