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Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson assumed command of AFRC July 30, replacing Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., who has served as commander since June 2008. Stenner retired from the Air Force with 39 years of military service.
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Former Homestead pilot assumes command of AFRC
Posted 7/30/2012 Updated 7/30/2012
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7/30/2012 - ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Leadership of the Air Force Reserve Command changed hands July 30 in a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation.
Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson assumed command of AFRC, replacing Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., who has served as commander since June 2008. Stenner retired from the Air Force with 39 years of military service.
Jackson became the deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve at the Pentagon in May 2010. After assuming command of AFRC, he became the chief of Air Force Reserve. As the chief of Air Force Reserve, he serves as the principal adviser on Reserve matters to the Air Force chief of staff.
As AFRC commander, Jackson will supervise 71,400 reservists in the Selected Reserve assigned to command units and the Individual Mobilization Augmentee program.
Jackson is a 1978 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He completed more than 14 years on active duty, including flying tours in Europe and the Pacific, before joining the Air Force Reserve in 1992. In February 1980, Jackson was an F-4D pilot assigned to the 306th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron at Homestead Air Force Base, Fla.
Jackson has held numerous wing leadership and command positions, as well as staff assignments at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Headquarters U.S. Pacific Command and Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
Stenner's previous assignment was assistant deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs at Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
Stenner was also director of plans and programs and director of operations at Headquarters AFRC and spent nine years commanding AFRC wings and operations groups. Between May 2001 and July 2003, he was deputy director and director of strategy, policy and plans, and director of transformation for U.S. Southern Command in Miami. |
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