Air Force special operations boss Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind has been nominated to lead the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Bauernfeind’s selection by President Joe Biden on Tuesday comes fewer than 18 months after he took over as the head of Air Force Special Operations Command — an unusually brief tenure for a top officer of an Air Force major command.
“I am humbled by the nomination to be the 22nd superintendent of our academy,” Bauernfeind said in a USAFA release. “The opportunity to develop warfighters, leaders of character and quality, and critical thinkers for our Air Force and Space Force is an honor. I look forward to building on the legacy of Lt. Gen. Clark and all prior superintendents as we ready our future officers to lead and win in uncertain, complex and contested environments.”
A 1991 USAFA graduate, Bauernfeind spent the first part of his career as a pilot, slipping troops and equipment into combat zones on the MC-130J transport aircraft and the MQ-9 attack drone before amassing more than a decade of experience in senior leadership roles at special ops organizations around the globe. . . .
. . . If confirmed by the Senate, Bauernfeind will succeed Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, who joined the academy in 2020. There, Bauernfeind would become the latest three-star general to shepherd the four-year university as it expands its offerings to students looking to join the Space Force, tries to curb the number of sexual assaults among cadets, looks to continue the recent success of its NCAA Division I football team, and more. . . . (Air Force Times, 17 May 24)
STARRS NOTE: Sex Assaults and football? Anything about making warfighters and future leaders of the US Air Force?
LIEUTENANT GENERAL TONY D. BAUERNFEIND (US Air Force biography)
SPEECHES (Videos):
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/904121/afsoc-commander-lt-gen-bauernfeind-keynote-ata-23
AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Bauernfeind Keynote at ATA 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVeVVdnuyQw
Keynote: Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Vice Commander, US Special Operations Command
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D66oB65xS-Q
Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command – 5/21/23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5OaLm_1z1w
USAF Lt Gen Bauernfeind Commander-Special Operations Command & Chief Master Sgt Green-Command Chief
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/868216/lt-gen-tony-bauernfeind-assumes-command-afsoc
Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind Assumes Command of AFSOC
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