Overview

• Bussiere announced on Sept. 30 in an AFGSC Facebook post that he will request retirement for personal and family reasons.
• An AFGSC spokesperson said a change-of-command ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 17, when Bussiere is expected to depart.
• Bussiere had been selected in July to become vice chief, but Aviation Week reported in September that the administration withdrew his nomination.
• The Senate has received President Donald Trump’s nomination of retired Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach to serve as Air Force chief of staff.
• Since taking command in December 2022, Bussiere has overseen the Air Force’s nuclear deterrent and pushed modernization programs including the B-21 Raider and the LGM-35A Sentinel, which he said will require new missile silos.