WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air Force General John Hyten, currently the head of U.S. Strategic Command, has been nominated to be the next vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Air Force secretary said on Tuesday.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, speaking at a space symposium in Colorado, said Hyten was nominated earlier on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart; editing by Diane Craft)