Brig. Gen. Mark R. Kraus has been appointed to the position of Air National Guard assistant to the commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., effective June 1, 2013. Kraus has served the Commonwealth of Kentucky as the assistant adjutant general for Air since October 2008. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)