Kenneth Wilsbach

Kenneth Wilsbach currently serves as the 24th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, a position he has held since 2025. Before that appointment he commanded Air Combat Command, and prior to that spent four years leading Pacific Air Forces from 2020 to 2024.

Wilsbach presided over a milestone in autonomous warfare when the Air Force conducted the first live missile firing from a Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone wingman — a demonstration that moves autonomous strike platforms from concept to operational reality under his watch.