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At that time, Webb was a brigadier general serving as assistant commanding general for Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom humanitarian relief for Hurricane Andrew, to saving a downed pilot behind enemy lines in Bosnia, he actually hasn\u2019t missed a fight,\u201d Goldfein said. \u201cI cannot wait to watch this command flourish under your steady and quietly confident hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Webb has more than 3,700 hours flying aircraft such as the CV-22 Osprey, UH-1N Huey, MH-53 Pave Low, MC-130H Combat Talon and MC-130P Combat Shadow. His experience includes 117 hours flying combat in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2731\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg 4096w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Obama-Webb-Situation-Room.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4096px) 100vw, 4096px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Then-Brig. Gen. Brad Webb, who is now a lieutenant general and head of Air Education and Training Command, is seated next to Obama. (Pete Souza\/White House)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAchieving victory takes hard work, training, good equipment and most importantly it takes unique people,\u201d Webb said in the ceremony. AETC \u201csimply must arm our airmen to out-think, out-perform, out-partner and out-innovate any potential adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must do this with commitment to values, because military prowess and economic might alone are not enough to secure our blessings of liberty,\u201d Webb continued. \u201cOur values, our character will be our guiding beacon. This is the mindset we must continue to instill here at the First Command, and we will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1984, and won the 1996 Cheney Award for most valorous flight of the year in a humanitarian effort. Webb was involved in the effort to search for then-Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, who was aboard an Air Force CT-43 aircraft that crashed into a mountainside near Dubrovnik, Croatia, in April 1996, killing all 35 people aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As head of AETC, Webb will oversee the Air Force Recruiting Service, basic military training, Air University, and two numbered air forces that run flying training and technical training. 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