CMSgt. Craig Adams, who’s been US Air Forces in Europe’s command chief since September 2012, is moving to Stuttgart, Germany, from Ramstein Air Base, for his new assignment as command senior enlisted leader of US European Command, announced the Pentagon on June 5. Adams, who entered the Air Force in June 1987, will succeed Fleet Master Chief Petty Officer Roy Maddocks. While at USAFE, Adams was the senior enlisted advisor to Gen. Philip Breedlove for a span of about nine months. He’ll be reuniting with Breedlove who took the leadership reins at EUCOM in May.
The program executive officers for some of the Air Force’s largest acquisition management organizations are struggling to deal with an exodus of senior talent and experienced civilian staff, three of them told an industry conference.
