Armagno becomes the U.S. Space Force’s first female general officer

Armagno was commissioned into the Area Drive and promoted to three-star common Aug. 17 in a ceremony on the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno is the primary feminine U.S. Air Drive common officer to switch to the U.S. Area Drive.

Armagno was commissioned into the Area Drive and promoted to three-star common Aug. 17 in a ceremony on the Pentagon officiated by Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of area operations,. Armagno will function workers director overseeing Area Drive headquarters operations.

She was beforehand the director of area applications within the Air Drive’s acquisition department. Armagno was the one Air Drive officer to command each main U.S. area launch services, the Jap and Western Ranges.

Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman final week additionally transferred from the Air Drive to the Area Drive and assumed a brand new place as deputy chief of area operations, cyber and nuclear.

Each Armagno and Saltzman have been nominated for promotion by President Trump on July 28 and confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 6.

“We’re beginning recent. We’re beginning a clear sheet,” Armagno mentioned in an announcement. “We’re going to be agile, we’re going to be nimble, and we’re going to convey one of the best of every thing into the Area Drive.”