The official party for the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center change of command included (from left) Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton, outgoing AFOTEC Commander Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Sargeant and incoming AFOTEC Commander Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn. The ceremony took place Oct. 22, 2010, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton gives command of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center to Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn Oct. 22, 2010, during the change of command ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn and his wife, Anita, are welcomed to the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center following the change of command ceremony Oct. 22, 2010, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (U.S. Air Force photo)
10/22/2010 - KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- Officials at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center held a change of command ceremony here Oct. 22 as Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn assumed command of the center from Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Sargeant. Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton, the assistant vice chief of staff of the Air Force, presided over the ceremony.
General Eichhorn comes to AFOTEC from Edwards AFB, Calif., where he served as the commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center. General Sargeant has been reassigned by the Air Force chief of staff to be the special assistant to the commander of Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
AFOTEC is headquartered at Kirtland AFB, and the commander reports directly to the chief of staff of the Air Force. It is the Air Force's independent test agency responsible for testing, evaluating and reporting results on new systems being developed for Air Force and multi-service use.
