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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Brig. Gen. Bradley D. Spacy, who has been selected to the grade of major general, from director, expeditionary support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Col. Linda S. Hurry, who has been selected to the grade of brigadier general, from commander, 635th Wing, Air Force Materiel Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to director, expeditionary support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Maj. Gen. Scott D. West, commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan; commander, NATO Air Command-Afghanistan; director, Air Force Central Command Air Component Coordination Element for U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) in support of NATO’s Operation Resolute Support; and deputy commander-air for USFOR-A, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, to director of current operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. David J. Julazadeh, commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to deputy director, operations, J-3, Headquarters U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

Col. James R. Sears Jr., who has been selected to the grade of brigadier general, from director, assignments and air expeditionary force operations, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, to commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, deputy director for command, control, communications and computers/cyber, J-6, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to director, cyberspace operations, North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Murphy, vice commander, 24th Air Force, Air Force Space Command; and deputy commander, Air Forces Cyber, U.S. Cyber Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to deputy director for command, control, communications and computers/cyber, J-6, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Mitchel H. Butikofer, director, command, control, communications and cyber systems, Headquarters U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to vice commander, 24th Air Force, Air Force Space Command; and commander, Air Forces Cyber, U.S. Cyber Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Col. Angela M. Cadwell, who has been selected to the grade of brigadier general, from executive officer to the deputy commander, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, to director, command, control, communications and cyber systems, Headquarters U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.