AFMC program exec relieved of duties after investigation into ‘inappropriate’ relationships

AFMC removes top bombers officer after investigation.
Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Bombers Directorate program executive officer, addresses attendees during a Change of Leadership ceremony on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, April 5, 2024. Quigley was responsible for the sustainment and modernization of the bombers portfolio, which includes the B-1, B-2, and B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Bombers Directorate program executive officer, addresses attendees during a Change of Leadership ceremony on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, April 5, 2024. Quigley was responsible for the sustainment and modernization of the bombers portfolio, which includes the B-1, B-2, and B-52. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has pulled one of its top officers from his responsibilities after an investigation into the one-star general’s relationships.

AFMC Commander Gen. Duke Z. Richardson fired Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley, director and program executive officer (PEO) of AFMC’s Bombers Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to lead, following an internal investigation which revealed inappropriate personal relationships,” an AFMC statement said Tuesday afternoon.

“The director and PEO position leads a team executing the modernization and sustainment of the Air Force’s bomber portfolio and is vitally important to the defense of the nation,” Richardson said in the statement. “Airmen of all ranks must be held accountable for their actions.”

Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley. Air Force photo

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Joseph A. Peloquin, Air Force deputy PEO for Bombers, has been named interim director and PEO, AFMC said.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is also based at Wright-Patterson.

An AFMC spokesman declined to elaborate on the announcement. But the spokesman said Quigley will continue to perform other duties within AFMC at Wright-Patterson “as assigned.”

“The removal decision was made following an investigation, and it is complete,” said the command spokesman, Derek Kaufman.

No further information was available, the command said Tuesday.

Quigley has been assigned to Wright-Patt since July 2022, where he has served as director of staff at AFMC headquarters, as well as director of the Digital Acceleration Task Force, also at AFMC, and since April 2024, as the bombers PEO.

Late in 2023, Col. Christopher Meeker was removed from command of the 88th Air Base Wing, also at Wright-Patterson.

In December, AFMC said Meeker will face a general court martial on charges of extramarital sexual conduct and fraternization.

Meeker is scheduled to be tried at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois on June 9, 2025.

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