Maj. Gen. Barry R. Cornish took command of 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) during an Aug. 21 change of command ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Cornish, previously the commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan and commander of NATO ...
The Air Force hopes to make up lost ground in battling its chronic pilot shortage with Undergraduate Pilot Training 2.5, the main topic of the first field trip for newly minted Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and Chief Master Sergeant of the ...
Lt. Gen. David W. Allvin is on deck to become the Air Force’s next vice chief of staff, the Pentagon announced Aug. 14. President Donald J. Trump nominated Allvin to succeed Gen. Stephen W. “Seve” Wilson, who has been the Air Force’s second-highest officer since ...
As Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. took over as the service’s top uniformed leader, he directed his inner circle to address urgent issues with, at times, imperfect information and to provide direct, unvarnished advice to move the service forward. The guidance to the Air Staff, ...
Gen. David L. Goldfein ends his tenure as USAF's 21st Chief of Staff today, handing uniformed leadership of the service to Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. In "The Goldfein Years," appearing in our July/August issue, Editorial Director John A. Tirpak talks to the outgoing chief ...
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. took a ceremonial oath of office Aug. 4 in a surprise event at the White House, two days before he officially becomes the 22nd Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Accompanied by his family and senior Air Force and ...
The official portrait of former Air Force Secretary Heather A. Wilson unveiled July 28 at a socially distant ceremony breaks with tradition: While it looks like an oil painting, it's the result of digital production, a special finishing technique, and an Airman's original photograph. The ...
Lt. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot received his third star and took over as commander of Air Forces Central Command during a July 16 ceremony at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Guillot, previously the director of operations for U.S. Northern Command, took over for Lt. Gen. ...
Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne Bass will become the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, and the first woman to serve as the highest ranking non-commissioned officer of any U.S. military service. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., who will take over as Chief of ...
President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Mark Kelly to receive his fourth star and take over as commander of ACC and Lt. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost to receive her fourth star and take over as commander of AMC. Kelley is the deputy chief of ...
Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been nominated to take command of Pacific Air Forces, replacing Gen. C.Q. Brown who is the presumptive next Air Force chief of staff. President Donald Trump nominated Wilsbach, currently the commander of 7th Air Force and deputy commander of U.S. ...
Air Forces Central Command and the Air National Guard will get new commanders, as part of several new general officer nominations announced May 11. President Donald Trump tapped current AFCENT boss Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella Jr. to be the next deputy chief of staff for ...