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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 067-97
February 13, 1997

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the President has nominated Major General David L. Vesely, United States Air Force, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. General Vesely is currently assigned as Commander, Fourteenth Air Force, Air Force Space Command, and Component Commander, United States Air Force Space Operations, United States Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

General Vesely was born November 1, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan.