New AMC commander to visit Dover AFB

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace
  • 436th AW Public Affairs
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  Air Mobility Command's new commander announced that Dover Air Force Base will be the first base he will visit as the AMC commander.

Gen. Arthur Lichte is scheduled to arrive here Thursday and stay through Sept. 21.

"We're going to keep raising the bar -- we'll keep going farther and farther with this command," he said after the change-of-command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Sept. 7. "My plan is, over the next couple of months, to go out and visit all the Air Mobility Command bases and then put together a game plan."

He said efforts to recapitalize the mobility fleet will remain a top priority.

"You can expect I'll be continuing on with the plan the Air Force has for Air Mobility Command," he said, emphasizing the next-generation tanker, KC-X, as the Air Force's number one acquisition priority.

"Having been a tanker guy myself over the years, we need to move on with the (KC-X) program. We need to keep modernizing and recapitalizing our Air Force," he said.

Prior to commanding AMC, General Lichte worked at the Pentagon as the assistant vice chief of staff of the Air Force.

"The command has a fine tradition and a great legacy," said General Lichte. "I'm happy to have the opportunity to be (AMC's) commander."

(Some information by Roger Drinnon, Air Mobility Command Public Affairs was used in this article)