JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING, D.C. -
Air Force Gen. Jim Slife formally received his fourth star during a Dec. 29 ceremony here celebrating his promotion and new position as the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff.
Commissioned through the ROTC program at Auburn University, Slife has spent most of his Air Force career in special operations aviation assignments, including Hurlburt Field, Fla., RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, and Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.
Slife is a command pilot with more than 3,100 flight hours in the MH-53 and MQ-1 among others.
He most recently served as the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for operations, leading the development and implementation of policy directly supporting global operations, force management, training, and readiness.
He has commanded Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt. (Air Force 12/29/23) Slife promoted to general, assumes AF’s second highest military position > Air Force > Article Display
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