Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr., 1962–, American air force general, b. San Antonio, Tex., B.S Texas Tech Univ., 1984, M.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., 1994. An ROTC graduate, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. air force in 1984, and has led a fighter squadron (1991–92), two fighter wings (2007–8, 2009–11), the U.S. Air Forces Central Command (2015–16), and the Pacific Air Forces (2018–20), and was commandant (2005–7) of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. He rose through the ranks to becoming a major in 1996, a brigadier general in 2009, and a general in 2018. In 2020 he was named Air Force chief of staff, becoming the first African American to head a branch of the U.S. military.
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