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First AF reservist assumes role as AF assistant vice chief

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  • By Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs
Lt. Gen. Stayce D. Harris received her new rank during a promotion ceremony here Aug. 26. Former Women Airforce Service Pilot Pauline Cutler-White and retired Col. Charles McGee, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, helped pin on the new rank.

Harris, a command pilot with more than 2,500 hours in the C-130H Hercules, KC-135R Stratotanker, C-141B/C, T-38 Talon and T-37, is the Air Force's first black female lieutenant general. She is also the first reservist to fill the position of the assistant vice chief of staff and director of the air staff.