Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot currently serves as the No. 2 officer at U.S. Central Command.
Retired Lt. Col. Robert Birchum was sentenced Thursday for unlawfully possessing classified documents.
It’s the most competitive round of on-time promotions to lieutenant colonel since the Air Force overhauled its selection process in 2020.
Gen. Daniel Hokanson said investigations so far have not shown systemic problems with who has access to the military’s most sensitive secrets.
More than 900 academy graduates are becoming second lieutenants in either the Air Force or Space Force.
President Joe Biden will give the commencement address at the Air Force Academy’s graduation Thursday.
The policy aims to give troops more control over their careers and keep them in uniform longer.
Four more Space Force missions will now be based in Colorado Springs.
