The chief of staff, Air Force announced today the following assignments:

Brig. Gen. Leonard A. Patrick, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to commander, Kandahar Air Field, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey B. Kendall, deputy director, intelligence, operations and nuclear integration for flying training, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, to commander, 502nd Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

Col. David W. Allvin, who has been selected for the rank of brigadier general, military fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, N.Y., to commanding general, Combined Air Power Transition Force, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan/commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan.

The chief of staff, Air Force announced today the following assignments:

Maj. Gen. William A. Chambers, vice commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to assistant chief of staff, strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Maj. Gen. Douglas J. Robb, command surgeon, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to joint staff surgeon, J-4, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Brig. Gen. Bart O. Iddins, command surgeon, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., to command surgeon, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

Col. Linda R. Urrutia-Varhall, who has been selected for the rank of brigadier general, senior military assistant to the under secretary of defense for intelligence, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to deputy, deputy chief of staff, intelligence, Headquarters International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, Afghanistan