5th Bomb Wing CO is the latest to be fired

[unhappycamper]

Trend of axing commanders continues
5 have been fired in a 12-month span


5th Bomb Wing CO is the latest to be fired
By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Oct 30, 2009 16:43:17 EDT

The commander of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., was fired Friday afternoon for loss of confidence in his ability to lead.

Col. Joel S. Westa was the second wing commander at Minot to lose his job in October. Col. Christopher Ayers was fired Oct. 14 as commander of 91st Missile Wing, also for loss of confidence.

Reached at his home Friday afternoon, Westa declined to comment and said the Air Force had instructed him to refer all questions to a base public affairs official.

Westa received word of his dismissal from his boss, Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Carpenter, commander of 8th Air Force.

Westa, a master navigator, lost of the confidence of Carpenter because of his “inability to foster a culture of excellence, a lack of focus on the strategic mission … and substandard performance during several nuclear surety inspections, including the newly activated 69th Bomb Squadron,” according to a statement issued by 8th Air Force.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/10/airforce_westa_fired_minot_103009w/

[Turbineguy]

1. ".... substandard performance...."

This would not have been an issue during the Bush Administration.

[aquart]

2. Uh, wtf was going on there?