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Release
Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

Jan. 23, 2020

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

Brig. Gen. Evan C. Dertien, director, Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. select Matthew W. Higer, commander, Data Masked, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to commander, 412th Test Wing, Air Force Test Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Brig. Gen. Ernest J. Teichert III, commander, 412th Test Wing, Air Force Test Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Edwards Air Force Base, California, to senior defense official and defense attaché-Iraq, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq.