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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker, Air University commander and president, addresses a crowd during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. As the new AU commander and president, Hecker will be responsible for leading the intellectual and leadership center of the U.S. Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year.191122-F-EX201-
                        
                        
                        Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker, Air University commander and president, addresses a crowd during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. As the new AU commander and president, Hecker will be responsible for leading the intellectual and leadership center of the U.S. Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)
                
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        Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, addresses the audience during an assumption of command ceremony in which Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker takes over as the commander and president of Air University Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The AU is responsible for officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.Air University welcomes Lt. Gen. Hecker as commander, president
                        
                        
                        Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, Air Education and Training Command commander, addresses the audience during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. During the ceremony, Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker took over as the commander and president of Air University, which is responsible for officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexa Culbert)
                
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        Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, passes the guidon to Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker during an assumption of command ceremony in which Hecker takes over as the commander and president of Air University Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The AU provides full spectrum education, research and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education and academic degree granting.Air University welcomes Lt. Gen. Hecker as commander, president
                        
                        
                        Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, Air Education and Training Command commander, passes the guidon to Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. During the ceremony, Hecker took over as the commander and president of Air University, which provides full spectrum education, research and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education and academic degree granting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)
                
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Air University welcomes Lt. Gen. Hecker as commander, presidentPublished Nov. 22, 2019
                    
                    By Air University Public Affairs
            **MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) --**Lt. Gen. James B. Hecker took over as the commander and president of Air University during an assumption of command ceremony Nov. 22, at Maxwell Air Force Base.Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, Air Education and Training Command commander, presided over the ceremony and emphasized the importance of the AU mission to the Air Force to develop leaders, enrich minds, advance airpower, build relationships and inspire service.
“Ground zero for doctrine and development resides right here at Maxwell (AFB),” Webb said. “I’m counting on Air University to ensure we lead out of the gate and pave the way for future leaders.”
Taking the podium to speak to his command for the first time, Hecker talked about the excitement of leading an institution that is the intellectual and leadership-development center of the Air Force.
“Thank you for the opportunity of command,” Hecker said. “If you look at China, if you look at Russia, they are catching up to us, if not have caught up to us when it comes to military equipment. They haven’t caught up to us in human capital and that’s what we do here: we develop and we nurture human capital. That’s what we need to have a competitive edge on our adversaries. I really look forward to working with this community to make AU, and this community, even better.”
Hecker served as the vice director of operations for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, before taking command of AU.Maj. Gen. Brad Sullivan stood as the acting AU commander and president upon the departure of Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, who held the position from February 2018 to October 2019. Sullivan is serving as the deputy commander of Air Force Global Strike Command Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
AU provides full-spectrum education, research and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education and academic degree granting, leading the intellectual and leadership center of the U.S. Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year. Additionally, AU is responsible for officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.AFWN 



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