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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

The chief of staff, U.S. Air Force announces the assignment of the following general officers:

Maj. Gen. John M. Wood, commander, Third Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to director, plans and programs, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Julian C. Cheater, director, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy director, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations; and director, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations Center, J-3, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Stewart A. Hammons, director, expeditionary support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to director, remotely piloted aircraft and airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. David A. Harris Jr., director, strategic plans, programs and requirements, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations, Hurlburt Field, Florida, to director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. (Previously announced as assigned to deputy director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.)

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey R. King, director, logistics, engineering and force protection, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to commander, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Air Force Materiel Command, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Brig. Gen. (select) William D. Betts, chief, Program Integration Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to vice commander, First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, Air Combat Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (Previously announced as assigned to director, Coalition Air Advisory Training Team; director, Air Operations, CJTF-OIR; commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing; and deputy commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Baghdad, Iraq.)

Brig. Gen. (select) Jennifer Hammerstedt, military assistant to the deputy secretary of defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Air Force Materiel Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

The chief of space operations, U.S. Space Force announces the assignment of the following general officer:

Brig. Gen. (select) Stephen G. Purdy Jr., senior materiel leader, Space Superiority Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Los Angeles, California, to director, Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements and Analysis, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.