Hannele Malin has been appointed VP-internal auditing at Finnair, succeeding Erkki Lehtinen, who will retire. Malin was manager for government, risk and compliance services at Deloitte & Touche.

Gen. Jean-Paul Palomeros (see photo), chief of staff of the French air force, has become director of the European Air Group, based at RAF Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, for a two-year term. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik, commander of the German air force.

Bill Gerstenmaier (see photo), NASA associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, has received the Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics award, given by the Washington-based American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was recognized for his leadership in human spaceflight, culminating in the space shuttle and International Space Station programs.

Bernd Munzenmayer has become senior sales adviser for Pro Star Aviation, Londonderry, N.H., supporting new Sales Director Clark Gordon. Munzenmayer is a founder of Pro Star. Julie Weber has been promoted to VP from senior director of people for Southwest Airlines.

A quality-control shortcoming on the internal structure of the aft fuselage of the Boeing 787 is adding another task to the company's post-production “to-do” list as it tries to catch up with the new jet's delivery schedule.

USAF Col. (ret.) Sean Frisbee has been named VP at San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based AME Unmanned Air Systems. He was F-22 program director.

Bids for up to 36 AH-X attack helicopters will be due by May 10.

Michael Sammartino has been named VP-government affairs at Metron Aviation, Dulles, Va. He was director of systems operations at FAA.