Air Force Reserve chief promoted to lead Air Mobility Command

Air Force Reserve Gen. Maryanne Miller will become the next leader of Air Mobility Command following a promotion from lieutenant general, the service said Tuesday.

"Miller will become the first citizen airman in the history of the Air Force Reserve to pin on a fourth star," according to an Air Force press release. "In 2016, she became the first female in the history of the Air Force Reserve to be chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of the Air Force Reserve Command. . . . Miller will become the first Reserve citizen airman to lead Air Mobility Command."

An AMC spokesman said Wednesday Miller will take over for Gen. Carlton Everhart on Sept. 7. Everhart is retiring after holding the post for three years. The command is in the midst of bringing on Boeing's KC-46 tanker fleet, replacing Air Force One and exploring the future of moving military cargo and personnel around the globe, among other efforts.

Miller joined the Air Force in 1981 and has served as a pilot and wing commander, on the Air Staff and Joint Staff and as deputy to the Air Force Reserve Command chief. The Senate confirmed her promotion by voice vote Monday.