Charles Quinton Brown Jr. is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2023 to 2025. Prior to that appointment, Brown served as the 22
Official portrait, 2023
Lieutenant General Brown with an F-16 Fighting Falcon
Vice President Mike Pence ceremonially swears in Brown as the 22nd chief of staff of the United States Air Force in the Oval Office, 4 August 2020. Brown officially took office two days later in a separate ceremony at Joint Base Andrews
Brown (sitting, left) with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 14 November 2024
The chief of staff of the Air Force is the service chief of the United States Air Force. They are the principal military advisor to the secretary of the Air Force on matter pertaining to the Air Force
Charles Q. Brown Jr.
…Air Force general who served as the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2023 to 2025. Prior to that appointment, Brown served as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force from 2020 to 2023. Brown entered the Air Force in 1984, through the Reserve Officer Training Corps and served as a fighter pilot, where he has logged…
The special uniform cap of the Air Force Chief of Staff. It is also worn by the CJCS, or the VJCS, when either is from the Air Force.
Carl Spaatz, Air Force photo portrait, color