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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

Jan. 26, 2017
The chief of staff, Air Force announces the assignments of the following general officers:

Brig. Gen. Dirk D. Smith, director, Air and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, 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. Stephen C. Williams, commandant of cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, to director, Air and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.