U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
On the Web:
http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=15669
Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public contact:
http://www.defense.gov/landing/comment.aspx
or +1 (703) 571-3343

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 885-12
November 09, 2012

General Officer Assignments

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

            Maj. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, director of requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., to director, Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC.

            Brig. Gen. Balan R. Ayyar, commander, Air Force Recruiting Service and director, recruiting, Headquarters, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to deputy commanding general, detainee operations, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force -- 435, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan.