{"id":84595,"date":"2025-07-18T20:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/18\/white-house-taps-global-strike-head-as-next-air-force-vice-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:22:05","slug":"white-house-taps-global-strike-head-as-next-air-force-vice-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/07\/18\/white-house-taps-global-strike-head-as-next-air-force-vice-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"White House taps Global Strike head as next Air Force vice chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House has nominated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/10\/12\/strategic-commands-no-2-picked-to-run-air-force-nuclear-enterprise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/10\/12\/strategic-commands-no-2-picked-to-run-air-force-nuclear-enterprise\/\">Gen. Thomas Bussiere<\/a>, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, to be the service\u2019s next vice chief of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon announced Bussiere\u2019s nomination Friday, and said Lt. Gen. Stephen Davis \u2014 now the Air Force\u2019s inspector general \u2014 has been nominated to receive his fourth star and succeed Bussiere as head of Global Strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House has also nominated the Space Force\u2019s Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton to be vice chief of space operations. Bratton is now deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs and requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed by the Senate, Bratton would succeed Gen. Michael Guetlein as vice chief of space operations. The Senate on Thursday evening confirmed Guetlein to head the Pentagon\u2019s massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/30\/behemoth-golden-dome-may-face-lackluster-scrutiny-in-trumps-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/05\/30\/behemoth-golden-dome-may-face-lackluster-scrutiny-in-trumps-pentagon\/\">Golden Dome<\/a> missile defense project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bussiere would succeed former Air Force Vice Chief Gen. Jim Slife. President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/22\/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-chairman-navy-head-in-dod-leadership-purge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2025\/02\/22\/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-chairman-navy-head-in-dod-leadership-purge\/\">fired Slife without explanation<\/a> in February, alongside former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. 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