USTRANSCOM news service (June 14, 2005): Schwartz nominated to command USTRANSCOM.SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois near Belleville which are in the St. Louis metropolitan area. , Ill. -- President Bush has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, is Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. General Schwartz attended the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1973. to the rank of general with his next assignment as commander, U.S. Transportation Command. Schwartz is currently serving as director, the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. Prior to that assignment he was director for operations, the Joint Staff. A 1973 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Schwartz is also an alumnus of the National War College, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. , and a 1994 fellow of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Seminar XXI. He is a command pilot with more than 4,200 flying hours in a variety of aircraft. Schwartz is a former commander of the Special Operations Command-Pacific, as well as Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command A bi-national command of the US and Canada that provides aerospace surveillance, warning and assessment of aerospace attack, and maintains the sovereignty of US and Canadian airspace. Also called NORAD. region, and the 11th Air Force. If confirmed by the Senate, Schwartz will succeed Air Force Gen. John W. Handy General John W. Handy was Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, and Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois from October 2001 until September 2005. General Handy retired effective October 1, 2005. , who has commanded both USTRANSCOM and Air Mobility Command since November 2001. The change of command date and the new commander for AMC have not been announced. |
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