President Obama nominated Maj. Gen. Sam Angelella to receive a third star for his new assignment as commander of US Forces Japan and commander of 5th Air Force at Yokota AB, Japan, announced the Defense Department on Monday. Angelella has been serving since November 2010 as the Joint Staff’s vice director for strategic plans and policy. He’ll replace Lt. Gen. Burton Field, who’s led those organizations since October 2010. The Air Force leadership has tapped Field to be the next deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and requirements on the Air Staff. Field will succeed Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, who’s held that position since January 2011.
It’s Time for the Air Force to Embrace the F-35
May 23, 2025
Douglas A. Birkey The United States revolutionized air combat with the invention of stealth technology and the low-observable combat jet. Beginning in the 1980s with the F-117 and continuing in the years that followed with the B-2, F-22, F-35, and...