DOD Press Chief, Fighter PEO, and 21 Extra Chosen for 2-Star Basic

Practically two dozen Air Power brigadier generals have been chosen for a second star, the Division of Protection introduced March 22—together with Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder and Brig. Gen. Dale R. White, who oversees Air Power acquisition of fighters and superior plane. The alternatives have to be confirmed by the Senate to grow to be official. 

Ryder follows within the footsteps of the final—and solely different—uniformed Pentagon press secretary, Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, who pinned on his second star shortly after taking up the job in late 2013. 

Kirby later returned to the Pentagon as a civilian, and it was Ryder who succeeded him in August 2022. Ryder beforehand served because the Air Power’s director of public affairs. His predecessor in that position, Maj. Gen. Ed Thomas, additionally a public affairs officer, additionally earned a second star, however it’s uncommon for PAOs to achieve two-star standing. 

White, this system government officer and director of fighters and superior plane for Air Power Materiel Command, performed a key position in creating the Subsequent Technology Air Dominance household of techniques, which is able to embrace a sixth-generation fighter, and Collaborative Fight Plane, autonomous drones that can workforce with manned fighters. 

Different notable alternatives embrace Brig. Gen. Paul D. Moga, commandant of Cadets on the U.S. Air Power Academy, and Brig. Gen. Michael T. Rawls, commander of the Air Power Operational Check and Analysis Middle—each males are slated to obtain their second star. 

• Brig. Gen. Curtis R. Bass, vice commander of the U.S. Warfare Middle, Air Fight Command, Nellis Air Power Base, Nev. 

• Brig. Gen. Kenyon Okay. Bell, director of logistics and engineering, Headquarters Air Power International Strike Command, Barksdale Air Power Base, La. 

• Brig. Gen. Charles D. Bolton, chief of the International Operations Middle, Headquarters U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Power Base, Unwell. 

• Brig. Gen. Larry R. Broadwell Jr., deputy director of operations, Operations Workforce-5, Nationwide Joint Operations and Intelligence Middle, J-3, Joint Employees, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

• Brig. Gen. Scott A. Cain, director of Air, Area and Our on-line world Operations, Headquarters Air Power Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Power Base, Ohio.   

• Brig. Gen. Sean M. Choquette, vice commander of the twelfth Air Power, Air Fight Command, Davis-Monthan Air Power Base, Ariz.  

• Brig. Gen. Roy W. Collins, director of safety forces, Deputy Chief of Employees, Logistics, Engineering and Power Safety, Headquarters U.S. Air Power, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

• Brig. Gen. John R. Edwards, director of strategic capabilities coverage for the Nationwide Safety Council, Washington, D.C.   

• Brig. Gen. Jason T. Hinds, director of plans, applications, and analyses, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Europe—Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.   

• Brig. Gen. Justin R. Hoffman, director of strategic plans, applications, and necessities, Headquarters Air Power Particular Operations Command, Hurlburt Area, Fla.  

• Brig. Gen. Stacy J. Huser, principal assistant deputy administrator for army software, Nationwide Nuclear Safety Administration, Division of Vitality, Washington, D.C. 

• Brig. Gen. Matteo G. Martemucci, director of intelligence, J2, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Md. 

• Brig. Gen. David A. Mineau, vice commander of the fifteenth Air Power, Air Fight Command, Shaw Air Power Base, S.C. 

• Brig. Gen. Paul D. Moga, commandants of Cadets, U.S. Air Power Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 

• Brig. Gen. Ty W. Neuman, director of ideas and technique, Deputy Chief of Employees, Technique, Integration, and Necessities, Headquarters U.S. Air Power, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

• Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Niemi, director of strategic plans, necessities, and applications, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. 

• Brig. Gen. Brandon D. Parker, chief of employees for Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. 

• Brig. Gen. Michael T. Rawls, commander of the Air Power Operational Check and Analysis Middle, Headquarters U.S. Air Power, Kirtland Air Power Base, N.M. 

• Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, press secretary, Division of Protection, Workplace of the Secretary of Protection, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

• Brig. Gen. David G. Shoemaker, deputy director of operations, J-3, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.  

• Brig. Gen. Rebecca J. Sonkiss, commander of the 618th Air Operations Middle, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Power Base, Unwell. 

• Brig. Gen. Claude Okay. Tudor Jr., commanding normal of the Particular Operations Joint Activity Power—Levant, U.S. Particular Operations Command, Xiphos, Jordan. 

• Brig. Gen. Dale R. White, program government officer and director of fighters and superior plane, Headquarters Air Power Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Power Base, Ohio.