Air Force Lt. Gen. David Iverson, deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea, delivers keynote remarks during the Good Neighbor Award ceremony at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on May 19, 2026. (Yoojin Lee/Stars and Stripes)
HONOLULU — Lt. Gen. David Iverson, the deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea and commander of 7th Air Force, has been nominated to serve as the No. 2 officer at Pacific Air Forces, the Pentagon announced Monday.
If confirmed by the Senate, Iverson will succeed Lt. Gen. Laura Lenderman at PACAF headquarters on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
Iverson has served as USFK’s deputy commander since January 2024. In that role, he also leads 7th Air Force, the Combined Air Component Command under Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command.
The Pentagon said he would retain his rank if confirmed.
An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, Iverson received his commission in 1991 through the RTOC program at the University of Virginia, according to his Air Force biography. Since completing flight training in 1993, he has accumulated more than 5,400 flight hours, including roughly 1,500 combat hours.
Iverson is the son of retired Lt. Gen. Ronald Iverson, a former F-15 pilot who commanded 7th Air Force during the 1990s.
Lenderman assumed the PACAF deputy commander position in January 2024. The Pentagon has not announced her next assignment.
PACAF also maintains an international deputy commander position now held by Australian air force Vice-Marshal David Titheridge.
Headquartered in Hawaii, PACAF oversees Air Force operations across the Indo-Pacific.
The command includes approximately 45,000 military and civilian personnel stationed in Hawaii, Alaska, Japan, Guam and South Korea and operates a fleet of roughly 340 fighter and attack aircraft, according to an Air Force fact sheet.
