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Release
Immediate Release

General Officer Assignments

July 1, 2016

 

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


Maj. Gen. John. P. Horner, from deputy director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to director, DOD Special Access Program Central Office, and director, Special Programs, Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Sharpy, from director, Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to vice commander, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.  Maj. Gen. Sharpy is replacing Maj. Gen. Rowayne A. Schatz Jr., who is retiring from vice commander, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

 

Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, who has been selected to the grade of major general, from commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein, Air Base, Germany, to director, Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

 

Col. Richard G. Moor Jr., who has been selected to the grade of brigadier general, from chief, Program Integration Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 86th Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.