President Bush has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Vern M. "Rusty" Findley II, a former Grand Forks Air Force Base commander, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment as vice commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, in Illinois.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates made the announcement today. Findley currently is serving as director, strategy, plans and policy, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
While a colonel, Findley commanded the 319th Air Refueling Wing in Grand Forks from January 1999 to march 2000.
