The Air Force’s senior leadership began a “Corona Top” summit Wednesday at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. This gathering is one of the service’s tri-annual powwows of senior USAF generals from the unified combatant commands and the service’s own major commands. The uniformed leadership meets to discuss the major issues facing the service and plot future changes. The talks at Corona Top will center on ongoing operations and budgetary issues, Lt. Col. Adriane Craig, spokeswoman for Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, tells the Daily Report. The summit runs through the end of the week.
In Purge, Trump Fires Brown, Slife, Franchetti, and More
Feb. 21, 2025
President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announcing his intent to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John "Dan" Caine to replace him in a social media post Feb. 21.