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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, (from left) Lt. Gen. Jim Kowalski, outgoing Air Force Global Strike Command commander; and Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, new Global Strike Command commander, stand at attention during reading of the orders for the command's change of command, Oct. 23, 2013. The Global Strike mission is to develop and provide combat ready forces for safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrence and global strike operations to support the President of the United States and combatant commanders.