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Senior leader announcement: Week of March 31

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  • Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announces the following:

General officer retirements:
Maj. Gen. Barry R. Cornish
From: Commander, Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Air Combat Command, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

Brig. Gen. Todd A. Dozier
From: Director, Regional Affairs, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington

Senior leader retirements:
Mitchel B. Miller
From: Technical Advisor, Avionics Development, Integration, and Weapon System Cyber Resiliency, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

General officer assignments:
Maj. Gen. Matthew W. Davidson
From: Director, Operations, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida
To: Deputy Commander, Headquarters AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Brig. Gen. Houston R. Cantwell
From: Commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance Ground Surveillance Force, Allied Command Operations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Sigonella, Italy
To: Commander, Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development, Air Education and Training Command, Maxwell AFB, Alabama

Brig. Gen. Daniel T. Lasica
From: Director, Current Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington
To: Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy, and Capabilities, J-5/8, United States European Command, Stuttgart, Germany

Brig. Gen. John P. Newberry
From: Air Force Program Executive Officer for Bombers, AFLCMC, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
To: Commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Strategic Systems, AFMC, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico

Brig. Gen. (Select) Paul R. Birch
From: Chief, Strategic Planning Integration Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington
To: Commander, 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Andersen AFB, Guam

Brig. Gen. (Select) William C. Freeman
From: Director of Operations, United States Special Operations Command Europe, United States Special Operations Command, Stuttgart, Germany
To: Commander, Spaatz Center for Officer Education and Commandant, Air War College, Air University, AETC, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

Brig. Gen. (Select) Patrick G. Miller
From: Commander, 88th Air Base Wing, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
To: Director, Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection, Headquarters PACAF, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

Brig. Gen. (Select) Randy P. Oakland
From: Director of Operations, 19th Air Force, AETC, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
To: Director, Operations and Communications, Headquarters AETC, JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas

Senior leader assignments:
William D. Dries, Jr.
From: Supervisory Management Analysis Officer, Combat Air Forces, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington
To: Deputy Director, Training and Readiness, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington

Brandy D. Gorham
From: Principal General Engineer, Systems Technology, Air Force Research Laboratory, AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
To: Technical Advisor for Director, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Acquisition Intelligence, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Michael P. Winkler
To: Deputy Director, Air and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters PACAF, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii