Jumper set to retire

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WASHINGTON (AFPN) --  Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper will retire after 39 years of service at a Sept. 2 ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. His effective date of retirement will be Nov. 1.

Acting Secretary of the Air Force Pete Geren will preside over the ceremony, and Gen. T. Michael Moseley, currently serving as Air Force vice chief of staff, will be sworn in as the 18th Air Force chief of staff.

The ceremony will air live on the Pentagon Channel and through streaming video online at www.af.mil.