OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Col. Scott L. Dennis, the vice commander, 7th Air Force, Air Forces Korea, and Chief of Staff, Air Component Command, was promoted to brigadier general Sept. 20 at Osan.

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Remington, 7th Air Force and Air Component commander, presided over the ceremony. General Dennis replaced former 7th Air Force vice commander, Brig. Gen. Michael Keltz, on June 12th. General Keltz is currently the assistant director of operations, plans, programs and requirements at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

General Dennis was commissioned in 1985 after graduating from Michigan Technological University with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He is a 1980 graduate of Elk Rapids High School, Michigan. This is General Dennis' second military tour to the ROK. From 1998 to 2000, he served as director of weapons and tactics, 7th Air Force at Osan. General Dennis' previous assignment was as the deputy director, air operations deputy chief of staff, operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters United States Air Force at the Pentagon. General Dennis is a command pilot with more than 3,800 flying hours in the F-16 and previous commander of the 388th Fighter Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

The 7th Air Force mission is to organize, train, and equip warfighting forces supporting the ACC assigned to the Combined Forces Command; and perform missions that support United Nations Command armistice maintenance.