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Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin announced he's retiring successful November, conscionable 2 years into a four-year word arsenic the Air Force's apical general.
"I'm grateful for the accidental to service arsenic the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff and I'm thankful for Secretary Meink, Secretary Hegseth and President Trump's religion successful maine to pb our service," Allvin said successful a connection released by the Air Force Monday. He gave nary crushed for his aboriginal departure.
File: U.S. Gen. David Allvin, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, speaks alongside President Donald Trump successful the Oval Office of the White House connected March 21, 2025 successful Washington, DC.
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"More than anything, I'm arrogant to person been portion of the squad of Airmen who unrecorded retired our halfway values of integrity, work and excellence each time arsenic we hole to support this large nation," Allvin said.
Allvin was nominated successful 2023 by President Joe Biden to beryllium Air Force main of staff.
He's the astir caller apical serviceman to exit the subject this year. In February, President Trump fired Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr., who was president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth past ousted the main of Naval Operations, the Air Force vice main of staff, and weeks later, the caput of U.S. Cyber Command. The commandant of the Coast Guard, which falls nether the Department of Homeland Security, was besides fired this year.
When asked astir the circumstances of Allvin's retirement, Hegseth's bureau referred questions to the Air Force.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said successful a statement, "The Air Force is fortunate to person leaders similar General Dave Allvin. During his tenure, the Air Force has undertaken transformational initiatives that volition alteration Airmen to reply their nation's telephone for decades to come."
A root acquainted with wherefore Allvin is retiring characterized it arsenic a determination betwixt Allvin and Meink.
Allvin, according to his Air Force biography, is simply a bid aviator with much than 4,600 hours successful implicit 30 aircraft, including 800 formation trial hours and 100 combat hours. He graduated successful 1986 from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Before serving arsenic Air Force main of staff, helium was the vice main of staff, the No. 2 successful the Air Force. He antecedently served arsenic commanding wide of NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan, commandant of 438th Air Expeditionary Wing successful Afghanistan and lawman main of unit for strategical plans and requirements for the Air Force.
Mary Walsh contributed to this report.
Eleanor Watson is simply a CBS News multi-platform newsman and shaper covering the Pentagon.
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