DAYTON, OHIO – The United States Air Force announced Dec. 2, 2010, the assignment of Senior Executive Service member and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John “Jack” L. Hudson as director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, effective Dec. 16, 2010. He replaced Senior Executive Service member and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles D. Metcalf, who retired Dec. 31, 2010. General Hudson was previously deputy director of the museum. Prior to joining the museum, General Hudson last served as Commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, before his retirement in October 2009.