One of the first concrete changes that the new ANG director, Lt. Gen. Craig McKinley, has encountered in his new post is that of receiving a National Guard Bureau title—Vice Chief-Air—bestowed upon him by NGB chief Lt. Gen. Steven Blum. McKinley says the new title more aptly captures the joint composition of the NGB staff. Previously, the ANG director worked under that title and the NGB office symbol of NGB/CF—standing for what, if anything, we don’t know.
Today, the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies will host a Nuclear Deterrence Forum featuring Brad Roberts, director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Event video will tentatively be posted to the think tank’s website and YouTube page afterward.