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Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. Confirmed As 22nd
Chief of Staff
by Glenys Young
(First featured in Texas Tech Today)
as chairman from degree in civil engineering. He
1989 to 1993. Brown was named a distinguished
will succeed Gen. alumnus of the university in
Dave Goldfein, the 2012.
Air Force’s Chief of
Staff since July 2016, He has served in a variety
who will step down of positions at the squadron
from his position and wing levels, including
this summer and an assignment to the U.S. Air
retire. Force Weapons School as an
F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor.
In his new role, He previously served as aide-
Brown will sit as de-camp to the Chief of Staff
a member of the of the Air Force, director of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Secretary of the Air Force and
and represent the Chief of Staff Executive Action
Air Force to the Group and deputy director of the
public, Congress and Operations Directorate within
industry partners, as the U.S. Central Command.
well as allies. The Air He also served as a National
Force Chief of Staff Defense Fellow at the Institute
en. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.,
known throughout the is responsible for devising and for Defense Analyses.
GAir Force by his preferred articulating Air Force priorities, Brown has commanded a fighter
“C.Q.,” is the commander of the shaping the service’s culture, squadron, the U.S. Air Force
Pacific Air Forces, air component budget and priorities, as well Weapons School, two fighter
commander of the U.S. Indo- as organizing, training and wings and the U.S. Air Force
Pacific Command and executive equipping the Air Force’s 685,000 Central Command. Prior to his
director of the Pacific Air Combat active-duty, Guard, Reserve and current assignment, he served
Operations Staff at Joint Base civilian personnel. as the Deputy Commander, U.S.
Pearl Harbor. He will play a central role in Central Command. Brown is a
fully integrating and connecting command pilot with more than
Now, this distinguished graduate
of Texas Tech University’s warfighting operations that 2,900 flying hours, including 130
Air Force ROTC program will allow information to be collected, combat hours.
become the new Chief of Staff of analyzed and shared across all “I’ll tell you, I was just going to
the United States Air Force. domains – air, sea, land, cyber
and space – and among all be an engineer,” Brown said in
The U.S. Senate unanimously services. As Chief of Staff, Brown an interview with Texas Tech
confirmed Brown on June 9, 2020, also will be a principal ally and in 2019. “I was just going to do
in a historic move, making him partner in supporting the newly four years in the Air Force, and
the first black chief of a military created Space Force. then get out. But when I went
service branch. Brown also will to summer camp for ROTC and
be the first black officer to sit Brown was commissioned in 1984 rode in an airplane, I decided
on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since as a distinguished graduate of I wanted to become a pilot.
Army Gen. Colin Powell served the ROTC program at Texas Tech, Based on that opportunity and
where he earned his bachelor’s experience from ROTC at Texas
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