Western Command’s Briguez is new Air Force chief

 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte named Western Command’s Lt. Gen. Rozzano Briguez as the new chief of the Philippine Air Force.

Briguez' appointment papers were released by Malacañang on Wednesday.

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Briguez is a member of the Philippine Military Academy's "Sinagtala" Class of 1986 and was a class topnotcher of the PAF Flying School in 1988. Prior to heading the Western Command in Palawan, Briguez was vice commander of the PAF. Briguez is a member of the Philippine Military Academy's "Sinagtala" Class of 1986 and was a class topnotcher of the PAF Flying School in 1988.

He is replacing Lt. Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr., who is stepping down 13 months earlier than the mandatory age of retirement of 56.

Also announced on Wednesday was Eastern Mindanao Command's chief Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr.'s appointment as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. —  Ryan Macasero/The STAR