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Lt. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. is Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, 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. General Brown was commissioned in 1984 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Texas Tech University. He has served in a variety of positions at the squadron and wing level, including an assignment to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School as an F-16 instructor. His notable staff tours include aide-de-camp to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Executive Action Group; and Deputy Director, Operations, U.S. Central Command. He also served as a National Defense Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va. General Brown has commanded a fighter squadron, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, and two fighter wings. Prior to his current assignment, he served as Director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe—Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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SECAF, COMUSAFCENT to hold press conference Nov. 10 at Dubai Air Show

Published Oct. 30, 2015
AFCENT Public Affairs

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. – Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Lt. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., will hold a joint press conference at the Dubai Airshow at 10 a.m. Nov. 10, 2015.

The press conference will be held in Conference Room 1 at the DWC, Dubai Airshow Site. Media interested in attending should RSVP to Capt. Tristan Hinderliter, AFCENT Public Affairs officer, at tristan.hinderliter@afcent.af.mil.

Media planning to attend the Dubai Airshow, scheduled for Nov. 8-12, must apply for accreditation in advance at the following link: http://www.dubaiairshow.aero/media-registration.

The Dubai Airshow is recognized as the premier aviation and aerospace industry event in the Middle East region and is one of the largest airshows in the world. The U.S. Air Force will be participating with Airmen providing static displays of the F-15E Strike Eagle, C-130J Super Hercules and CV-22 Osprey, as well as fly-bys of a B-1B Lancer and F-22 Raptor.

This year’s show is expected to attract more than 1,100 exhibitors from 60 countries and 65,000 trade visitors. For more information about the Dubai Airshow, please visit the event website, http://www.dubaiairshow.aero/.

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