# Kenneth Bibb > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenneth_Bibb > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kenneth_Bibb.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bibb > Source revision: 1352441408 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|U.S. Air Force general}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use American English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Kenneth T. Bibb Jr. | image = Maj Gen Kenneth T. Bibb Jr. (3).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = Kenneth Thad Bibb Jr. | birth_date = | birth_place = [Broken Arrow, Oklahoma](/source/Broken_Arrow%2C_Oklahoma), U.S.{{cite book |title=1991 Polaris United States Air Force Academy Yearbook |date=1991 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/usafayearbooks/1991.pdf}} | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) | service_years = 1991–2024 | rank = [Major General](/source/Major_general_(United_States)) | service_number = | unit = | commands = [Eighteenth Air Force](/source/Eighteenth_Air_Force)
[618th Air Operations Center](/source/618th_Air_Operations_Center)
[100th Air Refueling Wing](/source/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing) | battles = | awards = [Legion of Merit](/source/Legion_of_Merit) (3) | relations = | other_work = | signature = }} '''Kenneth Thad Bibb Jr.''' is a retired [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) [major general](/source/Major_general_(United_States)) who served as the deputy inspector general of the Department of the Air Force for Air from 2022 to 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2964252/senior-leader-announcement-week-of-march-11/ |title=Senior leader announcement: Week of March 11 |date=March 11, 2022 |website=U.S. Air Force}} He most recently served as the commander of the [Eighteenth Air Force](/source/Eighteenth_Air_Force) from 2020 to 2022. Previously, he was the director of strategic plans, programs, requirements, and analyses of the [Air Force Materiel Command](/source/Air_Force_Materiel_Command).{{Cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/921632/kenneth-t-bibb-jr/|title=MAJOR GENERAL KENNETH T. BIBB JR.|publisher=US Air Force|date=September 2020|access-date=July 8, 2021}}{{Cite web|title=General Officer Announcements|url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1804896/general-officer-announcements/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208085432/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/1804896/general-officer-announcements/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2020|access-date=2021-04-04|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/392198|title=Kenneth Bibb – Recipient -|website=valor.militarytimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.18af.amc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002480244/|title=Maj. Gen. Kenneth T. Bibb Jr. assumes command of 18th Air Force|website=618th Air Operations Center}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.618tacc.amc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001640929/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120105525/http://www.618tacc.amc.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2001640929|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2016|title=618th Air Operations Center change of command|website=618th Air Operations Center}} ==Dates of promotion== {{USAF DOR O-8|May 29, 1991| May 29, 1993|May 29, 1995|March 1, 2002|Dec. 1, 2006|Oct. 1, 2010|Aug. 2, 2016|Oct. 2, 2019}}{{r|bio}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Kenneth T. Bibb, Jr.}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[Brian S. Robinson](/source/Brian_S._Robinson)}} {{s-ttl|title=Vice Commander of the [618th Air Operations Center](/source/618th_Air_Operations_Center)|years=2015–2016}} {{s-aft|after=[Charles B. McDaniel](/source/Charles_B._McDaniel)}} |- {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the [618th Air Operations Center](/source/618th_Air_Operations_Center)|years=2016–2018}} {{s-aft|after=[John Lamontagne](/source/John_Lamontagne)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Christopher Azzano](/source/Christopher_Azzano)}} {{s-ttl|title=Director of Air, Space, and Cyberspace Operations of the [Air Force Materiel Command](/source/Air_Force_Materiel_Command)|years=2018–2019}} {{s-aft|after=[Evan Dertien](/source/Evan_Dertien)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Heather L. Pringle](/source/Heather_L._Pringle)}} {{s-ttl|title=Director of Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analyses of the [Air Force Materiel Command](/source/Air_Force_Materiel_Command)|years=2019–2020}} {{s-aft|after=[Donna D. Shipton](/source/Donna_D._Shipton)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[Sam C. Barrett](/source/Sam_C._Barrett)}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander of the [Eighteenth Air Force](/source/Eighteenth_Air_Force)|years=2020–2022}} {{s-aft|after=[Corey Martin](/source/Corey_Martin)}} |- {{s-bef|before=[John C. Walker](/source/John_C._Walker_(general))}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy [Inspector General of the Department of the Air Force](/source/Inspector_General_of_the_Department_of_the_Air_Force) for Air|years=2022–2024}} {{s-aft|after=[Joel W. Safranek](/source/Joel_W._Safranek)}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibb, Kenneth Thad Jr.}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:United States Air Force generals Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit {{USAF-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kenneth Bibb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bibb) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Bibb?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.