The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers:
Maj. Gen. Barry R. Cornish, commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Air Command-Afghanistan; deputy commander, Air, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan; commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan; and director, Air Forces Central Command Air Component Coordination Element for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, to commander, Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Air Combat Command, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
Brig. Gen. Richard H. Boutwell, director, Coalition Air Advisory Training Team; director, air operations, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve; commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing; and deputy commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Baghdad, Iraq, to vice commander, 9th Air Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Brig. Gen. Kenneth P. Ekman, vice commander, First Air Force (Air Forces Northern), Air Combat Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to deputy commander, operations and intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command; and commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.
Brig. Gen. David A. Harris Jr., director, strategic plans, programs, and requirements, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to deputy director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.
Brig. Gen. Evan L. Pettus, commandant, Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, to commander, 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Brig. Gen. Mark H. Slocum, commander, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, to director, Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Brig. Gen. (select) William D. Betts, chief, Program Integration Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, Coalition Air Advisory Training Team; director, Air Operations, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve; commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing; and deputy commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Baghdad, Iraq.
Brig. Gen. (select) Steven G. Edwards, special assistant to the commander, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to director, strategic plans, programs, and requirements, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations, Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Brig. Gen. (select) Joseph D. Kunkel, vice director, operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to commander, 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.
Brig. Gen. (select) Derek J. O’Malley, commander, 20th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.