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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 385-96
June 26, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the Secretary of the Air Force has recommended Lt. Gen. James F. Record, United States Air Force, for advancement to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list. Record is currently serving as commander, 12th Air Force, Air Combat Command; commander, United States Southern Command Air Forces, United States Southern Command; and Air Force component commander, United States Strategic Command, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

Record was born Sept. 6, 1938, in Forest, Ind.