The Senate on June 4 approved the nomination of Maj. Gen. Charles Stenner to receive a third star and take over as Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force Reserve Command. According to an AFRC release, Stenner, who has been assistant deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs since July 2006, will formally assume his new posts during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 24. He succeeds Lt. Gen. John Bradley, who is retiring. The Pentagon announced Stenner’s nomination in April.
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show of force following the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian interpreter by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
