▁F - 1 6 ▁aircraft , ▁including ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 0 ▁combat ▁miss ions . ▁He ▁has ▁commanded ▁at ▁the ▁squad ron , ▁group ▁and ▁wing ▁levels , ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁J oint ▁Staff ▁division ▁chief ▁and ▁special ▁assistant ▁to ▁the ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁J oint ▁Chief s ▁of ▁Staff . ▁Prior ▁to ▁his ▁current ▁assignment , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Air ▁Forces ▁Director ▁of ▁Oper ations , ▁Pl ans , ▁Re quire ments , ▁and ▁Program s . ▁ ▁Commander ▁of ▁the ▁Se vent h ▁Air ▁Force ▁General ▁J ou as ▁sees ▁the ▁Se vent h ▁Air ▁Force ' s ▁mission ▁as ▁“ to ▁d eter ▁ag gression ▁and ▁maintain ▁the ▁arm ist ice , ▁defend ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Korea , ▁and ▁defeat ▁any ▁attack ▁against ▁the ▁al liance ”. ▁He ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁Se vent h ▁Air ▁Force ▁is ▁capable ▁of ▁flying ▁up ▁to ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁sort ies ▁per ▁day ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁United ▁States ▁Forces ▁Korea ▁during ▁combat ▁operations . ▁During ▁an ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁incident ▁between ▁Town ▁Pat rol ▁personnel ▁and ▁several ▁Korean ▁national s , ▁General ▁J ou as ▁was ▁pra ised ▁for ▁his ▁rapid ▁and ▁diplom atic ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁incident , ▁which ▁was ▁cred ited ▁with ▁reducing ▁t ension ▁and ▁minim izing ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁incident ▁on ▁South ▁Korea - Un ited ▁States ▁relations . ▁As ▁commander , ▁General ▁J ou as ▁has ▁a ▁" zero ▁toler ance ▁policy " ▁toward ▁prost itution ▁and