Overview
- Brig. Gen. Glenn Henke formally assumed command of the 10th AAMDC from Brig. Gen. Curtis King at a change-of-command ceremony at Sembach Kaserne, Germany.
- The 10th AAMDC commander holds four statutory roles: theater Army air and missile defense coordinator, senior Army air defender in theater, deputy area air defense commander advising U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa, and operational leader for four garrisons and 10 forward sites.
- Outgoing commander Curtis King highlighted the unit’s recent tempo, saying teams supported Ukraine, rushed counter-drone and missile systems to Poland and Romania, and executed rapid deployments to CENTCOM and NATO’s eastern flank.
- Henke, who has led air-defense brigades and served on combined missile defense staffs in Korea and the Pentagon, said he will advance all-domain fires to meet growing threats characterized by mass, speed, and survivability.
- The command’s immediate priorities are sustaining rapid-response posture across multiple theaters, mastering a newly fielded weapon system, and converting allied trust into interoperable, tangible air-defense capability.