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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Col. Kevin B. Kennedy, who has been selected for the grade of brigadier general, commander, 28th Bomb Wing, Air Combat Command, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, to director, warfighter systems and cyberspace integration, Office of Chief, Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to vice commander, 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Sharpy, who has been selected for the grade of major general, vice commander, 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to director, strategic plans, requirements and programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, deputy director, future joint force development, Joint Staff, Suffolk, Virginia, to commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.