AFSOC boss to head AETC

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan announced May 7 that the president has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Marshall B. Webb for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as commander of the Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Webb is currently serving as commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (Source: DoD 05/07/19) AETC is the second oldest major command in the Air Force having initially begun as the Army Air Corps Flying Training Command. In July 1993, AETC and Air University (Maxwell AFB, Ala.) merged to form AETC. AETC’s training mission makes it the first command to touch the lives of nearly every Air Force member. Among some of the regional units assigned to the AETC are Columbus and Keesler AFBs, Miss.; and Eglin AFB, Fla.