President Bill Clinton has nominated Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lester Lyles to become commander-in-chief of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, the Pentagon announced today. Before taking the vice chief position last year, Lyles was director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization from 1996 to 1999. He was nominated for his fourth star on April 12, 1999, and became vice chief in May. Assuming Senate confirmation, Lyles is due to take command of AFMC on...
