Air Force Gen. Darren McDew has been nominated to take over U.S. Transportation Command.
McDew, a career mobility pilot, has been commander of Air Mobility Command since May 2014. If confirmed, he will take over for Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, who has been tapped to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S. Transportation Command oversees air, land and sea transportation for all of the Defense Department. The command has only seen airmen as commanders since its inception in 1987.
McDew, prior to his post at Air Mobility Command, was commander of 18thth Air Force and commander of the Air Force District of Washington. He is a command pilot with more than 3,300 hours in aircraft such as the C-17, C-141, C-130 and KC-135. He has been in the Air Force since graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1982. In 1996, he served as the Air Force aide to President Clinton.
