Posted on 06/29/2006 9:05:53 PM PDT by KevinDavis
6/27/2006 - PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFPN) -- Gen. Kevin P. Chilton assumed command of Air Force Space Command in a ceremony here June 26, presided over by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley.
Current and former national defense leaders, active and retired senior officers, community leaders and active-duty servicemembers gathered at the parade field here to welcome AFSPC's newest commander. He succeeded Gen. Lance W. Lord, who retired April 1.
General Chilton is the first astronaut to earn a fourth star. He pinned on the rank of general in a promotion ceremony the morning of his assumption of command.
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