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Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

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

Brig. Gen. James C. Vechery, director of logistics, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany, to director, operational capability requirements, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

Brig. Gen. David W. Hicks, vice commander, First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, Air Combat Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to commander, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Air Training Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support, U.S. Central Command; and commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.

Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Orcutt, commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia, to vice commander, First Air Force, Air Forces Northern, Air Combat Command, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

Col. Charles S. Corcoran, who has been selected for the grade of brigadier general, commander, 3rd Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Southwest Asia.

Col. Mark A. Koeniger, who has been selected for the grade of brigadier general, deputy director, medical operations and research, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Falls Church, Virginia, to commander, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.