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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Brig. Gen. Scott A. Kindsvater, assistant deputy commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command; and assistant vice commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to deputy commander-operations and intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command; and commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.

Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Toth, commander, 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to assistant deputy commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command; and assistant vice commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Cox, director, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-United Kingdom, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, to commander, 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

Col. Mark H. Slocum, who has been selected for the grade of brigadier general, from commander, 4th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, to director, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-United Kingdom, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.

Brig. Gen. Paul H. Guemmer, commander, Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, to military deputy for total force-continuum; and deputy chief of staff strategic plans and programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. Trent H. Edwards, commander, 37th Training Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to director of financial management and comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.