EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Maj. Gen. Kenneth A. Merchant will assume command of the Air Armament Center from Maj. Gen. C.R. Davis Friday, Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. Merchant's previous assignment was director at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., where he was director of Logistics, Headquarters, Air Mobility Command. Davis will assume command of the Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Sept. 1, the same day he's promoted to lieutenant general. In another Eglin event Friday, Col. David A. Harris, Vice Commander, Air Armament Center, will pin on the rank of brigadier general in a 10 a.m. ceremony at Eglin's Club. (Source: 96th Air Base Wing, 08/15/11)
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