Alpha Phi Alpha’s very own General Charles Q. Brown Jr. has made history by becoming the U.S. Air Force’s chief of staff making him the first African American to lead a U.S. military service.
On Tuseday, the Senate unanimously confirmed the four-star general as the U.S. Air Force’s chief of staff in a 98-0 vote, making him the second African American officer to sit on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since Chairman Gen. Colin Powell.
General Brown was initiated into the Eta Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at Texas Tech University.
“As the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, a senior leader in our Air Force, and an African American, many of you may be wondering what I’m thinking about the current events surrounding the tragic death of George Floyd,” he said in a video posted on Twitter June 5.
General Brown is currently the commander of the Pacific Air Forces and oversees more than 46,000 airmen serving mainly in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Japan and Korea.
