page_title: Charles Q. Brown Jr.
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Q. Brown Jr.
caption_attribution_description: English: General Charles Q. Brown Jr. flying a Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon to Kunsan Air Force Base.
context_page_description: Charles Quinton Brown Jr. is a United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He is the first African-American to be appointed as Chief of Staff and the first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces. Brown assumed office from Gen David L. Goldfein who served as Chief of Staff since 2016 in a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews on 6 August 2020.
  Brown's previous assignments include serving as the commander of Pacific Air Forces, air component commander for United States Indo-Pacific Command and executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff. As the air component commander for CENTCOM, he was responsible for developing contingency plans and conducting air operations in a 20-nation area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia. Brown also previously served as the deputy commander of United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and prior to that, he was the commander of Air Forces Central.
context_section_description: Charles Quinton Brown Jr. (born 1962) is a United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He is the first African-American to be appointed as Chief of Staff and the first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces. Brown assumed office from Gen David L. Goldfein who served as Chief of Staff since 2016 in a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews on 6 August 2020.
  Brown's previous assignments include serving as the commander of Pacific Air Forces, air component commander for United States Indo-Pacific Command and executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff. As the air component commander for CENTCOM, he was responsible for developing contingency plans and conducting air operations in a 20-nation area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia. Brown also previously served as the deputy commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and prior to that, he was the commander of Air Forces Central.
caption: General Charles Q. Brown Jr. flying an F-16 Fighting Falcon.
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