The President has nominated Lt. Gen. Roger Brady to take charge of US Air Forces in Europe, replacing Gen. Tom Hobbins, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Brady, who has served as the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for personnel since June 2004, is a command pilot who flew both the KC-135 and C-5. He has served in various staff and command assignments, including stints at USAFE when he headed logistics and plans and programs. If confirmed, he would receive a fourth star.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall doesn’t see great value in trying to break the Sentinel ICBM program off as a separate budget item the way the Navy has with its ballistic-missile submarine program, saying such a move wouldn’t create any new money for the Air Force to spend on other…