6 hours agoU.S. Air Force chief leaves his post prematurely
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin said on Monday he plans to retire in the autumn -- a surprise move only in half of his four-year term at the head of military service. Allvin made the announcement in a statement and gave no specific reason for his departure. He said while [...]
Allvin made the announcement in a statement and gave no specific reason for his departure.
He said that while planning to retire in November, he will serve until a replacement is confirmed, foreign media write.
Allwin is the fourth head of American military service to leave since President Donald Trump took over.
In January, Trump ordered the dismissal of The Watchtower Coastary Commander Admiral Linda Fagan, and in February, he fired General C.Q. Brown from the post of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and dismissed Chief of Marine Operations Admiral Lisa Francoettetti.
In April, he fired the chief of the Cyber Command, General Timothy Haugh.
In a statement, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said he was “forever grateful for his partnership with Allw.
Allvin had emerged as a vocal supporter of reforms that Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth have promised for the army, focused on the modernisation of weapons and equipment and cutting off human power.
A senior Air Force officer expressed surprise at the announcement, saying there were no signs or rumors of his resignation so early.
Allvin's retirement will mark the shortest mandate of an Air Force chief in more than three decades.
General Michael Dugan was dismissed in 1990 after only two years in office because he spoke very freely of “targeting Iraqi government officials and civilians on the eve of the 1991 Gulf War. /Periscope/
