A commander and vice commander have been selected for the new 17th Air Force, according to a Pentagon news release issued Friday.

The Air Force chief of staff has assigned Maj. Gen. Ronald R. Ladnier to be commander of the unit, which will be part of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and the air component for the newly formed U.S. Africa Command, according to the release. The unit will be based at Sembach Air Base, Germany.

He leaves his post as commander of the Tanker Airlift Control Center for Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., the release states. He will be replaced by Brig. Gen. Mark S. Solo, who will be promoted to major general.

Brig. Gen. Michael W. Callan has been assigned to become the vice commander of the 17th Air Force at Sembach. He leaves his post as commander of the 23rd Air Force and director, air, space and cyberspace, Air Force Special Operations Command in Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Museum plans final openingDARMSTADT, Germany — The Veterans’ Memorial Museum at Griesheim Casern will be open to the public one final time Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m.

Germans and other non-U.S. Defense Department ID card holders must be at the post’s main gate by 2 p.m. to gain entrance to the museum. Defense ID card holders can enter unescorted.

The museum, which opened in July, features war relics, military uniforms, newspapers and other memorabilia dating to the American Revolution, but the majority of the exhibits are dedicated to World War II.

“This will be the last big event,” said George Robinson Jr., the museum’s curator and owner of many of the exhibits.

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