Air Combat Command

Brig. Gen. Steven M. Shepro, USAF, has been assigned commanding general, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Battlespace Flight Services LLC of Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded a $104,179,468 firm fixed price/cost plus award fee contract modification to fund extension of contract for organizational maintenance support for the predator MQ-1 aircraft and related systems at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and deployed sites worldwide. Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center, Newport News, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Maj. Gen. Robin Rand, USAF, has been nominated for appointment to lieutenant general and assignment as commander, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Air Combat Command, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

Col. Bradford J. Shwedo, USAF, has been selected for the rank of brigadier general and assigned director of intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

Col. Thomas H. Deale, USAF, has been selected for the rank of brigadier general and assigned commander, 451st Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Maj. Gen. David L. Goldfein, USAF, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Rock, USAF, has been assigned as director, Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force, U.S. Forces-Iraq, U.S. Central Command, and commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Baghdad, Iraq.

Maj. Gen. Michael R. Boera, USAF, has been assigned as director, plans and programs, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.