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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, Air Force announced the following assignments:

Brig. Gen. Dieter E. Bareihs, senior defense official and defense attaché, United Kingdom, Defense Intelligence Agency, London, England, to director, plans, programs, and analyses, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Mark D. Camerer, director, plans, programs and analyses, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to director, logistics, J-4, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Robert D. Labrutta, who has been selected to the grade of major general; commander, 502d Air Base Wing; and commander, Joint Base San Antonio, Air Education And Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to commander, 2d Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.

Col. Heather L. Pringle, who has been selected to the grade of brigadier general; executive officer to the chief of staff, U.S. Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 502d Air Base Wing; and commander, Joint Base San Antonio, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Brig. Gen. William P. West, deputy commander, Combined Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa, U.S. Africa Command, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa, to deputy director of operations, J-3 Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany