ADVERTISEMENT

Breedlove for SACEUR/EUCOM?

Feb. 21, 2013

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

The word on the ground at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday is that Gen. Philip Breedlove, US Air Forces in Europe commander, is emerging as a leading candidate to become President Obama’s new nominee to be the next NATO supreme allied commander for Europe and also head US European Command. The President’s need for a new nominee came about on Feb. 19 after Marine Corps Gen. John Allen announced that he would retire from the military and step away from his nomination to take on those leadership posts. Stay tuned for more on this topic.

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

Trending Stories

What Experts Will Watch as the Pentagon Implements Acquisition Reform

F-35 Dropped Inert Nukes in Flight Tests

Pratt & Whitney Gets More Than $1.2 Billion for F100 Engine Sustainment

Air Force Buying $50 Million in Small Drones to Support Special Ops Missions

Related

Tennessee Guard to Receive Eight KC-46s

Nov. 20, 2025
The Air Force has tapped McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base as its preferred location for the next base to host KC-46 aerial refuelers, replacing the KC-135s that have been there since the 1970s. 

Saltzman’s ‘Vector’ Charts Space Force’s Progress and Next Steps

Nov. 19, 2025
As the Space Force prepares to mark its sixth birthday—and Gen. Chance Saltzman embarks on his last year as Chief of Space Operations—the service has released a new document meant to sum up its current status and all of Saltzman’s efforts to solidify the Space Force’s identity as a warfighting…