4-star general to lead nuclear Air Force for 1st time in effort to fix array of ills
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The Air Force has for the first time nominated a four-star general to lead the organization responsible for its nuclear missile corps and strategic bomber fleet.
It said Thursday that the nominee is Gen. Robin Rand, a career fighter pilot who has never served in the nuclear missile corps or the bomber force.
Rand currently is commander of Air Education and Training Command in San Antonio.
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If confirmed by the Senate, Rand would replace Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command.
Last November, then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that the position would be elevated to four-star rank as part of an effort to improve leadership of a nuclear air force suffering from low morale and lapses in discipline.