Navy Vice Adm. Mark D. Harnitchek has served as DLA director since November 2011.
Busch has served in the role of AFMC vice commander since July 2012. AFMC did not immediately release Wednesday who will take over the vice commander post.
The Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has about 80,000 employees around the world and manages a budget of $60 billion. AFMC develops, buys and maintains most Air Force weapon systems.
Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, a Beavercreek High School graduate who has spent much of her career at Wright-Patterson, became the Air Force’s first four-star female general in 2012 when she assumed command of AFMC.
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