The Air Force has selected Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Riemer to be the new acquisition boss for the F-22A Raptor program. Riemer, who has been serving as commander of the Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB, Fla., and USAF’s program executive officer for weapons, will move to the Pentagon as F-22 PEO. Replacing Riemer at AAC is Brig. Gen. David Eidsaune, who has been leading the Air Force Security Assistance Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
