Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh has reassigned Maj. Gen. Steven Kwast, who’s led the Air Force’s Quadrennial Defense Review office since January, to command the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education at Maxwell AFB, Ala., announced the Pentagon on Sept. 12. In this role, Kwast will also be Air University’s vice commander.
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.