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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 404-11
May 13, 2011

General Officer Announcements

            The chief of staff, Air Force announces the assignments of the following general officers:

            Maj. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr., vice director, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va., to deputy director, J8 for command, control, communications and computer (C4) systems, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

            Maj. Gen. (select) Russell J. Handy, commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq, and director, Air Component Coordination Element-Iraq, Air Combat Command, Baghdad, Iraq, to director of operations, plans, requirements and programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

            Maj. Gen. (select) Timothy M. Zadalis, director, air plans, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, to director of intelligence, operations and nuclear integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.