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Bussiere Would Become Second AFGSC Head to Serve as USAF Vice Chief

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, July 17th, 2025

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Bussiere Would Become Second AFGSC Head to Serve as USAF Vice Chief

Pictured is U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command, addressing personnel at Minot AFB, N.D. on May 21 about the new Site Activation Task Force Detachment 12 at Minot to accommodate the Sentinel future ICBM (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the seventh head of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) since its founding in 2009, would become the second AFGSC commander to ascend to Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, if approved by the Senate. Retired Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson was the third AFGSC head as a three-star between October 2013 and July 2015. Wilson got his fourth star in July 2016 and served as Air Force Vice Chief of Staff from then…

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