Fomer commander nominated for next star

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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --  President Obama has nominated to the U.S. Senate 10 brigadier generals and 14 colonels for a Reserve of the Air Force appointment to the next higher ranks.

Nominated for promotion to major general are:

Brig. Gen. Abel Barrientes, mobilization assistant to the Pacific Air Forces vice commander, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

Brig. Gen. Brian E. Dominguez, MA to the director of operations, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

Former 932nd Airlift Wing commander, Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., currently the 4th Air Force commander, March Air Reserve Base, California.

Brig. Gen. Kathryn J. Johnson, director of logistics, office of deputy chief of staff for logistics, installations and mission support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Kenneth D. Lewis Jr., deputy director for partnership strategy/trans-regional policy, Joint Staff, Pentagon.

Brig. Gen. Mark L. Loeben, director of exercises and assessments and senior reserve component advisor to the commander of U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany.

Brig. Gen. Vincent M. Mancuso, MA to the chief of staff of the Air Force, Pentagon.

Brig. Gen. Ronald B. Miller, MA to the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Shaw AFB, South Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Karen A. Rizzuti, MA to the commander of 24th Air Force and Air Force Network Operations, San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Richard W. Scobee, 10th Air Force commander, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.

Nominated for promotion to brigadier general are:

Col. Vito E. Addabbo, MA to the commander of 20th Air Force, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.

Col. Thomas L. Ayers, MA to the director of air & space operations, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Col. Maureen G. Banavige, MA to the commander of Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma.

Col. Dennis T. Beatty, MA to the director of operations, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Col. James N. Coombes II, MA to the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nevada.

Col. Christian G. Funk, commander of the 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead ARB, Florida.

Col. Jay S. Goldstein, MA to the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Col. Hubert C. Hegtvedt, commander of the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri.

Col. John A. Hickok, MA to the director of logistics, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois.

Col. Farris C. Hill, MA to the director of legislative liaison, Office of the Secretary of The Air Force, Pentagon.

Col. John M. Hillyer, MA to the director of operations, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Col. Craig L. Lafave, MA to the director of operational planning, policy and strategy, deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon.

Col. Pamela J. Lincoln, MA to the deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon.

Col. Linda M. Marsh, MA to the commander of Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah.

Col. Steven R. Rosenmeier, director of personnel, Office of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon.

Col. Stan A. Sheley, director for logistics and engineering, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado.

Col. Patrick M. Wade, MA to the director of plans and programs, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

Col. John B. Williams, MA to the director of strategic plans, requirements and programs, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois.

The promotions are subject to confirmation by the Senate.