{"id":71526,"date":"2025-09-30T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/30\/gen-wilsbach-tapped-to-replace-allvin-as-air-force-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:28:19","slug":"gen-wilsbach-tapped-to-replace-allvin-as-air-force-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2025\/09\/30\/gen-wilsbach-tapped-to-replace-allvin-as-air-force-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Wilsbach tapped to replace Allvin as Air Force chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach \u2014 the former head of Air Combat Command who had been slated to retire \u2014 to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air-warfare\/2025\/09\/22\/chief-of-staffs-exit-wont-leave-gap-at-top-of-air-force-meink-says\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air-warfare\/2025\/09\/22\/chief-of-staffs-exit-wont-leave-gap-at-top-of-air-force-meink-says\/\">Air Force\u2019s next chief of staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/nomination\/119th-congress\/553\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/nomination\/119th-congress\/553\">confirmed by the Senate<\/a>, Wilsbach will replace current chief of staff Gen. David Allvin. Allvin, who has served as the Air Force\u2019s top uniformed officer for about two years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2025\/08\/18\/in-surprise-move-air-force-chief-of-staff-to-retire-2-years-early\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2025\/08\/18\/in-surprise-move-air-force-chief-of-staff-to-retire-2-years-early\/\">unexpectedly announced in August his plans to retire this fall<\/a>. Chiefs of staff typically serve four years, and Allvin\u2019s early retirement is unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilsbach has served in the Air Force for four decades, and until last month commanded ACC, which controls the bulk of the Air Force\u2019s fighter and other combat aircraft. He has since been on terminal leave and preparing for retirement, meaning he will not have to be recalled to active duty if confirmed as chief of staff. Trump\u2019s choice to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, had retired and was recalled to service after Trump fired Gen. Charles Q. Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilsbach is an experienced fighter pilot with more than 6,000 hours flying aircraft such as the F-15, F-16 and F-22. He flew 71 combat missions enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq and during Operation Enduring Freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also has extensive experience in the Indo-Pacific region, having served as commander of Pacific Air Forces and deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea. Wilsbach has also served as commander of NORAD\u2019s Alaskan region and director of operations for U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allvin said in his retirement announcement that he would leave in November and stay on as chief of staff until his successor was confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a roundtable with reporters at the Air and Space Forces Association\u2019s Air Space Cyber conference last week, Air Force Sec. 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