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Air Force general Kehler to head up STRATCOM
By John Reed - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Sep 2, 2010 19:19:43 EDT
Posted : Thursday Sep 2, 2010 19:19:43 EDT
Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler was nominated Thursday to lead the nation’s nuclear forces as commander of U.S. Strategic Command.
Fellow Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton will retire as chief of STRATCOM on Dec. 1 after three years in that role, according to an announcement.
Kehler will take the reins of the Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.-based command that operates the country’s nuclear missile, bomber and ballistic missile submarine fleets, as well as its dedicated cyber warfare troops.
Since October 2007, Kehler has led Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., where he was in charge of the service’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles until December 2009, when they were transferred to the new Global Strike Command.
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