Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central

Lt. Gen. David L. Goldfein is Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central, Southwest Asia. As the Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command, the general is responsible for developing contingency plans and conducting air operations in a 20-nation area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia.

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force 2nd LT Noel Carroll, Flight Nurse, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Sq., has a morning routine of working out at a fitness center named after her brother, USAF SSgt Timothy Davis, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 31, 2012. The fitness center, called "The Rock", displays a memorial for her brother, who in 2009 was killed in action after an improvised explosive device (IED) struck his convoy. Davis was a Combat Controller. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster/Not Released)

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force 2nd LT Noel Carroll, Flight Nurse, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Sq., works out at a fitness center named after her brother, USAF SSgt Timothy Davis, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 31, 2012. The fitness center, called "The Rock", displays a memorial for her brother, who in 2009 was killed in action after an improvised explosive device (IED) struck his convoy. Davis was a Combat Controller. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster/Not Released)

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)

U.S. Air Force 2nd LT Noel Carroll, Flight Nurse, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Sq., works out at a fitness center named after her brother, USAF SSgt Timothy Davis, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 31, 2012. The fitness center, called "The Rock", displays a memorial for her brother, who in 2009 was killed in action after an improvised explosive device (IED) struck his convoy. Davis was a Combat Controller. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster/Not Released)

French Air Force a coalition partner during Operation Enduring Freedom

Members of the French Air Force, Detachment 3/3, taxi towards a takeoff point in the French's Mirage 2000-D before a combat mission at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 15, 2012. The French AF has been a coalition partner with the U.S. during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and perform air to ground close air support missions for friendly ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)

French Air Force a coalition partner during Operation Enduring Freedom

Members of the French Air Force, Detachment 3/3, perform maintenance inspections and checklists on a Mirage 2000-D before a combat mission at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 15, 2012. The French AF has been a coalition partner with the U.S. during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and perform air to ground close air support missions for friendly ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clay Lancaster)