List of United States Air Force Academy alumni
Table:
Name

Class year

Notability

References

Robert C. Oaks

1959

General; Commander, Air Training Command; Commander, United States Air Forces in Europe; fighter pilot

[126]

Ronald W. Yates

1960

General; Commander, Air Force Materiel Command; Commander, Air Force Systems Command; test pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[127]

George Lee Butler

1961

General; Commander, United States Strategic Command; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient; fighter and bomber pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[128]

Richard E. Hawley

1964

General; Commander, Air Combat Command; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient (three); combat veteran of Vietnam War

[129]

John G. Lorber

1964

General; Commander, Pacific Air Forces; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient (two); fighter pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[130]

Howell M. Estes III

1965

General; Commander, United States Space Command; Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command; Commander, Air Force Space Command; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient (two); fighter pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[131]

William J. Begert

1968

General; Commander, Pacific Air Forces; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient (two); pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[132]

Charles R. Holland

1968

General; Commander, United States Special Operations Command; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient; AC-130 gunship pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[133]

Charles T. Robertson

1968

General; Commander, United States Transportation Command; Commander, Air Mobility Command; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient (two); AC-130 gunship, bomber, and tanker pilot; combat veteran of Vietnam War

[134]

William R. Looney III

1972

General; Commander, Air Education and Training Command; pilot; combat veteran of Operation Southern Watch

[135]

John D. W. Corley

1973

General; Commander, Air Combat Command; fighter pilot

[136]

Frank Klotz

1973

Lieutenant General; Rhodes scholar; Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command; missileer

[12]

Stephen R. Lorenz

1973

General; Commander, Air Education and Training Command; pilot

[137]

Carrol Chandler

1974

General; Commander, Pacific Air Forces; fighter pilot

[138]

Donald J. Hoffman

1974

General; Commander, Air Force Materiel Command; fighter pilot

[139]

Douglas M. Fraser

1975

General; Commander, United States Southern Command; fighter pilot

[140]

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Robert Charles Oaks ( born February 14 , 1936 ) is a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as commander of Air Training Command and United States Air Forces in Europe . Oaks was also a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from 2000 to 2009 . He is a first cousin to LDS Church apostle Dallin H. Oaks .
Air Training Command ( ATC ) is a former United States Air Force ( USAF ) Major Command designation . It was headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base , Texas , but was initially formed at Barksdale Air Force Base , Louisiana . It was re-designated as Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) following a merger with Air University ( AU ) on 1 July 1993 . ATC was organized on 1 July 1946 as a re-designation of Army Air Forces Training Command ( AAFTC ) as part of the re-organization of the United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) after World War II . For nearly 50 years , ATC was the primary training organization of the United States Air Force from its inception as an independent service in September 1947 . It provided pilot and aircrew training ; technical training , and enlisted and officer basic training . At the end of the Cold War , it was merged with Air University ( AU ) in July 1993 as part of a major top-to-bottom reorganization of the USAF . Personnel , equipment and resources of both organizations were re-designated as Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) , which assumed the mission of both organizations , but retained AU as a subordinate organization within AETC .
The United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa ( USAFE-AFAFRICA ) is a United States Air Force major command ( MAJCOM ) and a component command of both United States European Command ( USEUCOM ) and United States Africa Command ( USAFRICOM ) . As part of its mission , USAFE-AFAFRICA commands U.S. Air Force units pledged to NATO , maintaining combat-ready wings based from Great Britain to Turkey . USAFE-AFAFRICA plans , conducts , controls , coordinates and supports air and space operations in Europe , parts of Asia and all of Africa with the exception of Egypt to achieve U.S. national and NATO objectives based on taskings by the two combatant commanders . USAFE-AFAFRICA is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base , Germany . It is the oldest continuously active USAF major command , originally activated on 1 February 1942 at Langley Field , Virginia , as the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces . Two years later , it was designated as United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe ( USSTAF ) and on 7 August 1945 it was designated as United States Air Forces in Europe ( USAFE ) . On 20 April 2012 it formally assumed its current designation when the 17th Air Force inactivated . The command has more than 35,000 active duty personnel , Air Reserve Component personnel , and civilian employees assigned .
General Ronald Wilburn Yates ( born October 3 , 1938 ) served as Commander , Air Force Materiel Command , Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio . As AFMC Commander , Yates was responsible for research , development , test , acquisition and logistics support for the Air Force from 18 specialized centers and 116,000 military and civilian employees around the world .
Air Force Materiel Command ( AFMC ) is a major command ( MAJCOM ) of the United States Air Force ( USAF ) . AFMC was created on July 1 , 1992 , through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command ( AFLC ) and the former Air Force Systems Command ( AFSC ) . AFMC is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio . AFMC is one of nine Air Force Major Commands and has a workforce of approximately 80,000 military and civilian personnel . It is the Air Force 's largest command in terms of funding and second in terms of personnel . AFMC 's operating budget represents 31 percent of the total Air Force budget and AFMC employs more than 40 percent of the Air Force 's total civilian workforce . The command conducts research , development , testing and evaluation , and provides the acquisition and life cycle management services and logistics support . The command develops , acquires and sustains the aerospace power needed to defend the United States and its interests . This is accomplished through research , development , testing , evaluation , acquisition , maintenance and program management of existing and future USAF weapon systems and their components .
The Air Force Systems Command ( AFSC ) is an inactive United States Air Force Major Command . It was established in April 1951 , being split off from Air Materiel Command . The mission of AFSC was Research and Development for new weapons systems .
George Lee Butler ( born June 17 , 1939 ) , sometimes known as Lee Butler , was commander in chief , United States Strategic Command , and the last commander of Strategic Air Command . Following his retirement from the military he became active in the nuclear disarmament movement , calling for the outright abolition of nuclear weapons .
United States Strategic Command ( USSTRATCOM ) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense . Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base , Nebraska , USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic deterrence , global strike , and operating the Defense Department 's Global Information Grid . It also provides a host of capabilities to support the other combatant commands , including strategic warning ; integrated missile defense ; and global command , control , communications , computers , intelligence , surveillance , and reconnaissance ( C4ISR ) . This command exists to give national leadership a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats around the world and the means to respond to those threats rapidly .
General Richard Earl Hawley ( born January 2 , 1942 ) served as commander of Air Combat Command , headquartered at Langley Air Force Base , Virginia . As commander , Hawley was responsible for organizing , training , equipping and maintaining combat-ready air forces for rapid deployment and employment in the United States and worldwide . Hawley maintained command of 1,050 aircraft and approximately 103,400 active-duty military members and civilian personnel at 27 major installations in the United States , Panama , Iceland and the Azores , and , when mobilized , more than 64,400 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members
General John George Lorber ( born December 25 , 1941 ) served as commander of Pacific Air Forces , Hickam Air Force Base , Hawaii . As commander , he had responsibility for Air Force activities spread over half the world in a command that supports 44,000 Air Force people serving principally in Hawaii , Alaska , Guam , South Korea and Japan .
Pacific Air Forces ( PACAF ) is a Major Command ( MAJCOM ) of the United States Air Force and is also the air component command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command ( USINDOPACOM ) . PACAF is headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ( former Hickam AFB ) , Hawaii , and is one of two USAF MAJCOMs assigned outside the Continental United States , the other being the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa . Over the past sixty-five plus years , PACAF has been engaged in combat during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and Operations Desert Storm , Southern Watch , Northern Watch , Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom . The mission of Pacific Air Forces is to provide ready air and space power to promote U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region during peacetime , through crisis , and in war . PACAF organizes , trains , and equips the 45,000 Total Force personnel of the Regular Air Force , the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard with the tools necessary to support the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command . PACAF comprises three numbered Air Forces , nine main bases and nearly 375 aircraft . The command 's area of responsibility extends from the west coast of the United States to the east coast of Asia and from the Arctic to the Antarctic , more than 100,000,000 square miles ( 260,000,000 km2 ) . The area is home to nearly two billion people who live in 44 countries .
General Howell M. Estes III ( born December 16 , 1941 ) served as commander in chief , North American Aerospace Defense Command ( CINCNORAD ) , United States Space Command ( USCINCSPACE ) , and commander , Air Force Space Command ( COMAFSPC ) , headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base , Colorado . As commander , the general was responsible for the air sovereignty of the United States and Canada , providing tactical warning and attack assessment , directing space control and support operations , directing satellite control , warning , space launch and ballistic missile operations missions . Estes has been on the board of directors DigitalGlobe since May 14 , 2007 ; In February 2011 he became the Chair of the Board . On Dec. 13 , 2018 , Maxar Technologies announced that the Maxar Board of Directors has elected retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Howell M. Estes III as Chair , effective January 1 , 2019 .
United States Space Command ( USSPACECOM ) is a unified combatant command of the United States Department of Defense . It was originally created in September 1985 to coordinate the use of outer space by the United States Armed Forces . The commander-in-chief of U.S. Space Command ( CINCUSSPACECOM ) also functioned as the commander-in-chief of the binational U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command ( CINCNORAD ) , and for the majority of time during USSPACECOM 's existence , was also the commander of Air Force Space Command . The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act , which was signed into law in 2018 , directed the reestablishment of U.S. Space Command as a sub-unified combatant command under U.S. Strategic Command . Instead , the Space Command was officially reestablished as a full unified combatant command on August 29 , 2019 .
North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD /ˈnɔːræd/ ) , known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command , is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning , air sovereignty , and protection for Northern America . Headquarters for NORAD and the NORAD/United States Northern Command ( USNORTHCOM ) center are located at Peterson Air Force Base in El Paso County , near Colorado Springs , Colorado . The nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex has the Alternate Command Center . The NORAD commander and deputy commander ( CINCNORAD ) are , respectively , a United States four-star general or equivalent and a Canadian three-star general or equivalent .
Air Force Space Command ( AFSPC ) was a major command of the United States Air Force from September 1982 to December 2019 . On 20 December 2019 , concurrent with the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2020 , it was re-designated as the United States Space Force to stand up as a new sixth service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for space warfare . AFSPC had its headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base and supported U.S. military operations worldwide through the use of many different types of space operations . More than 38,000 people performed AFSPC missions at 88 locations worldwide ; including military personnel of the USAF , Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard ; Department of the Air Force civilians ; and civilian contractors .
General William J. Begert ( born June 9 , 1946 ) served as commander , Pacific Air Forces , and Air Component Commander for the Commander , United States Pacific Command , Hickam Air Force Base , Hawaii . As commander , he had responsibility for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 55,500 Air Force people serving principally in Hawaii , Alaska , Guam , Japan and the Republic of Korea .
Charles R. Holland ( born January 21 , 1946 ) is a retired United States Air Force General who served as the Commander of United States Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM ) Headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . As Commander , he was responsible for all special operations forces of the Army , Navy and Air Force , both active duty and reserve . Holland is the only USSOCOM combatant commander originally from the USAF as of 1 July 2018 .
The United States Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM or SOCOM ) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army , Marine Corps , Navy , and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces . The command is part of the Department of Defense and is the only unified combatant command created by an Act of Congress . USSOCOM is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa , Florida . The idea of an American unified special operations command had its origins in the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw , the disastrous attempted rescue of hostages at the American embassy in Iran in 1980 . The ensuing investigation , chaired by Admiral James L. Holloway III , the retired Chief of Naval Operations , cited lack of command and control and inter-service coordination as significant factors in the failure of the mission . Since its activation on 16 April 1987 , U.S. Special Operations Command has participated in many operations , from the 1989 invasion of Panama to the ongoing Global War on Terrorism . USSOCOM conducts several covert and clandestine missions , such as direct action , special reconnaissance , counter-terrorism , foreign internal defense , unconventional warfare , psychological warfare , civil affairs , and counter-narcotics operations . Each branch has a Special Operations Command that is unique and capable of running its own operations , but when the different special operations forces need to work together for an operation , USSOCOM becomes the joint component command of the operation , instead of a SOC of a specific branch .
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed , long-endurance , ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport , fixed-wing aircraft . It carries a wide array of ground attack weapons that are integrated with sophisticated sensors , navigation , and fire-control systems . Unlike other modern military fixed-wing aircraft , the AC-130 relies on visual targeting . Because its large profile and low operating altitudes of approximately 7,000 feet ( 2,100 m ) make it an easy target , its close air support missions are usually flown at night . The airframe is manufactured by Lockheed Martin , while Boeing is responsible for the conversion into a gunship and for aircraft support . Developed during the Vietnam War as Project Gunship II , the AC-130 replaced the Douglas AC-47 Spooky , or Gunship I . The sole operator is the United States Air Force , which uses the AC-130U Spooky and AC-130W Stinger II variants for close air support , air interdiction , and force protection , with the upgraded AC-130J Ghostrider entering service . Close-air-support roles include supporting ground troops , escorting convoys , and urban operations . Air-interdiction missions are conducted against planned targets and targets of opportunity . Force-protection missions include defending air bases and other facilities . AC-130Us are based at Hurlburt Field , Florida , while AC-130Ws are based at Cannon AFB , New Mexico ; gunships can be deployed worldwide . The squadrons are part of the Air Force Special Operations Command ( AFSOC ) , a component of the United States Special Operations Command ( SOCOM ) .
General Charles T. Tony Robertson Jr. ( born August 15 , 1946 ) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as commander in chief , United States Transportation Command , and commander , Air Mobility Command , Scott Air Force Base , Illinois . As commander , he was responsible for the nation 's defense transportation requirements .
The United States Transportation Command ( USTRANSCOM ) is one of eleven unified commands of the United States Department of Defense . The command is located at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois , and was established in 1987 . USTRANSCOM provides full-spectrum global mobility solutions and related enabling capabilities for supported customer 's requirements in peace and war . It is the single manager of the United States ' global defense transportation system . USTRANSCOM is tasked with the coordination of people and transportation assets to allow the US to project and sustain forces , whenever , wherever , and for as long as they are needed . The USTRANSCOM commander is Army General Stephen R. Lyons , the first commander who is not a United States Air Force officer .
Air Mobility Command ( AMC ) is a Major Command ( MAJCOM ) of the U.S. Air Force . It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base , Illinois , east of St. Louis , Missouri . Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992 , and was formed from elements of the inactivated Military Airlift Command ( MAC ) and Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) . AMC melded MAC 's worldwide airlift system of primarily C-5 Galaxy , C-141 Starlifter and C-130 Hercules airlift aircraft with SAC 's tanker force of KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-10 Extender aerial refueling aircraft , the former aircraft having been freed from their strategic nuclear strike commitment to SAC 's B-52 Stratofortress and B-1 Lancer bomber fleet by the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
General William R. Looney III , USAF ( born March 5 , 1949 ) was the 28th Commander , Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) , Randolph Air Force Base , Texas . As commander , he was responsible for the recruiting , training and education of Air Force personnel . His command included the Air Force Recruiting Service , two numbered air forces and Air University . Air Education and Training Command consists of 13 bases , more than 66,000 active-duty members and 15,000 civilians . General Looney was succeeded by General Stephen R. Lorenz on July 2 , 2008 , and retired from the Air Force on August 1 , 2008 . Since his retirement from the Air Force , Looney has taken a position as a board member at Trident University International .
Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) was established 1 July 1993 , with the realignment of Air Training Command and Air University . It is one of the U.S. Air Force 's nine major commands and reports to Headquarters , United States Air Force . AETC is headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base , Joint Base San Antonio Texas . AETC is the primary training and professional education command in the Air Force . More than 48,000 active duty and Air Reserve Component members and 14,000 civilian personnel make up AETC . The command has responsibility for approximately 1,600 aircraft . AETC 's mission is to recruit , train and educate Airmen to deliver air power for America .
Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from Summer 1992 to Spring 2003 . United States Central Command 's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia ( JTF-SWA ) had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel ( extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996 ) in southern and south-central Iraq during the period following the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq .
John Donald Wesley Corley ( born 1951 ) is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force . He previously served as the commander of Air Combat Command from October 2007 to September 10 , 2009 and as the 32nd Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force from September 2005 to September 2007 . He retired from the Air Force on November 1 , 2009 . General Corley is responsible for organizing , training , equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense . ACC operates more than 1,200 aircraft , 27 wings , 17 bases and more than 200 operating locations worldwide with 105,000 active-duty and civilian personnel . When mobilized , the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve contribute more than 900 aircraft and 56,000 people to Air Combat Command . As the Combat Air Forces lead agent , ACC develops strategy , doctrine , concepts , tactics and procedures for air and space power employment . The command provides conventional , nuclear and information warfare forces to all unified commands to ensure air , space and information superiority for warfighters and national decision-makers . ACC can also be called upon to assist national agencies with intelligence , surveillance and crisis response capabilities . Prior to his current assignment General Corley was Vice Chief of Staff , Headquarters U.S. Air Force , Washington , D.C. As Vice Chief , he presided over the Air Staff and served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council . The son of Mettie Dean and Donald Wesley Corley , a United States Army Air Corps colonel , General Corley entered the Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1973 . He earned his wings at Reese Air Force Base , Texas , in 1974 .
Air Combat Command ( ACC ) is one of nine Major Commands ( MAJCOMs ) in the United States Air Force , reporting to Headquarters , United States Air Force ( HAF ) at the Pentagon . It is the primary provider of air combat forces for the Air Force , and it is the direct successor to Tactical Air Command . Air Combat Command is headquartered at Langley Air Force Base , Joint Base Langley-Eustis , Virginia , United States .
Frank Graham Klotz ( born September 7 , 1950 ) served as Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy . He was confirmed for the position on April 8 , 2014 and retired on January 20 , 2018 . Until retiring in 2011 , Klotz was a United States Air Force Lieutenant General who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command , Barksdale Air Force Base , Louisiana . He was born in Lubbock , Texas .
In the United States Army , United States Marine Corps , and the United States Air Force , lieutenant general ( abbreviated LTG in the Army , Lt Gen in the Air Force , and LtGen in the Marine Corps ) is a three-star general officer rank , with the pay grade of O-9 . Lieutenant general ranks above major general and below general . Lieutenant general is equivalent to the rank of vice admiral in the other uniformed services .
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford . It was established in 1902 , making it the first large-scale programme of international scholarship . The Rhodes Scholarship was founded by English businessman and politician Cecil John Rhodes , to promote unity between English-speaking nations and instill a sense of civic-minded leadership and moral fortitude in future leaders irrespective of their chosen career paths . Although initially restricted to male applicants from countries which are today within the British Commonwealth , as well as Germany and the United States , today the scholarship is open to applicants from all backgrounds and from across the globe . Since its creation , controversy has surrounded both its former exclusion of women ( thus leading to the establishment of the co-educational Marshall Scholarship ) , and Rhodes ' white supremacist beliefs and legacy of colonialism . Prominent recipients of the Rhodes Scholarship include politicians , academics , scientists , authors and entrepreneurs . Notable American politicians include former president of the United States Bill Clinton , former United States national security advisor and United States ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice , former governor of Louisiana Piyush Bobby Jindal , former United States secretary of the Air Force and former congresswoman Heather Wilson , and former United States secretary of health and human services Sylvia Matthews Burwell . President of Pakistan Wasim Sajjad ; former prime minister of Malta Dom Mintoff ; former Australian prime ministers Tony Abbott , Bob Hawke and Malcolm Turnbull ; and the current deputy prime minister of Canada , Chrystia Freeland are also Rhodes Scholars . Other notable Rhodes Scholars include journalist and American television host Rachel Maddow , author Naomi Wolf , former 2020 presidential candidate and New Jersey senator Cory Booker , 2020 presidential candidate and former mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg , former president of Planned Parenthood Leana Wen , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow , and president of the Walmart Foundation Kathleen McLaughlin . The current Warden and CEO of the Rhodes Trust , Elizabeth Kiss , is also a Rhodes Scholar . Some people offered this scholarship have not accepted it , including Sir Alimuddin Zumla , who declined the scholarship as a teenager to study medicine .
Air Force Global Strike Command ( AFGSC ) is a Major Command ( MAJCOM ) of the United States Air Force , headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base , Louisiana . AFGSC provides combat-ready forces to conduct strategic nuclear deterrence and global strike operations in support of combatant commanders . It is subordinated to the USSTRATCOM . Air Force Global Strike Command is the direct descendant unit of the Cold War-era Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) . It holds the lineage , history and honors of SAC .
Stephen Randolph Lorenz ( born October 17 , 1951 ) , is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as president and chief executive officer of the United States Air Force Academy Endowment . His last military assignment was as the 29th Commander , Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) , Randolph Air Force Base , Texas . As commander , he was responsible for the recruiting , training and education of all US Airmen . His command included the Air Force Recruiting Service , two numbered air forces and Air University . Air Education and Training Command consists of 13 bases , more than 92,000 active duty , reserve , guard , civilians and contractors , and 1,750 trainer , fighter and mobility aircraft . The general entered the Air Force in 1973 following graduation from the United States Air Force Academy and attended undergraduate pilot training at Craig Air Force Base , Alabama . He is a command pilot with 3,600 hours in ten aircraft . He has commanded an air refueling squadron , a geographically separated operations group , an air refueling wing that won the 1994 Riverside Trophy for Best Wing in the 15th Air Force , and an air mobility wing that won the 1995 Armstrong Trophy for Best Wing in the 21st Air Force . He also commanded the training wing at the academy where he served as the Commandant of Cadets . On July 16 , 2010 , he was awarded the Order of the Sword by the airmen of the Air Education and Training Command . General Lorenz was succeeded by General Edward A . Rice , Jr. on November 17 , 2010 , and retired from the Air Force on January 1 , 2011 .
Carrol Howard Howie Chandler ( born March 16 , 1952 ) , is a retired United States Air Force four-star general . He last served as the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force from August 27 , 2009 to January 14 , 2011 . He previously served as Commander of Pacific Air Forces from November 2007 to August 20 , 2009 and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations , Plans and Requirements from October 23 , 2005 to November 29 , 2007 . As Vice Chief , he presides over the Air Staff and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council and Deputy Advisory Working Group . He assists the Chief of Staff with organizing , training , and equipping of 680,000 active-duty , Guard , Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas . He retired from the Air Force by March 1 , 2011 . In 2012 he joined Pratt & Whitney Military Engines as Vice President , Military Business Development and International Programs .
General Donald Joseph Hoffman , USAF ( born April 24 , 1952 ) is a former United States Air Force four-star general who served as the 7th Commander , Air Force Materiel Command . He previously served as Military Deputy , Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition from August 2005 to November 20 , 2008 . As Air Force Material Command 's commander , he leads the command 's 74,000 Air Force and civilian personnel , manage $ 59 billion annually in research , development , test and evaluation . He also oversees the acquisition management services and logistics support which is required to develop , procure and sustain Air Force weapon systems . Hoffman assumed his command on November 21 , 2008 . He retired from the Air Force on July 1 , 2012 . A native of Wisconsin , Hoffman is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy . He was commissioned in 1974 and served in various operational and staff assignments in Europe , the Middle East and United States . He has commanded at the flight , squadron , group and wing levels , and has served on the staffs of U.S. Central Command , U.S. European Command , Air Education and Training Command , Air Combat Command and Headquarters U.S. Air Force . General Hoffman is a command pilot with more than 3,400 flying hours in fighter , trainer and transport aircraft .
( born April 16 , 1953 ) , is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the Commander , United States Southern Command ( USSOUTHCOM ) . He was the first U.S. Air Force officer to become USSOUTHCOM 's combatant commander . He previously served as Deputy Commander , United States Pacific Command from April 2008 to June 24 , 2009 . He assumed his final assignment on June 25 , 2009 .
The United States Southern Command ( USSOUTHCOM ) , located in Doral , Florida in Greater Miami , is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense . It is responsible for providing contingency planning , operations , and security cooperation for Central and South America , the Caribbean ( except U.S. commonwealths , territories , and possessions ) , their territorial waters , and for the force protection of U.S. military resources at these locations . USSOUTHCOM is also responsible for ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal and the canal area . As explained below , USSOUTHCOM has been under scrutiny due to several human rights and rule of law controversies in which it has been embroiled for nearly a decade . Under the leadership of a four-star Commander , USSOUTHCOM is organized into a headquarters with six main directorates , component commands and military groups that represent SOUTHCOM in the region . The current commander is Admiral Craig S. Faller , USN . USSOUTHCOM is a joint command of more than 1,201 military and civilian personnel representing the United States Army , Navy , Air Force , Marine Corps , Coast Guard , and several other federal agencies . Civilians working at USSOUTHCOM are , for the most part , civilian employees of the Army , as the Army is USSOUTHCOM 's Combatant Command Support Agent . The Services provide USSOUTHCOM with component commands which , along with their Joint Special Operations component , two Joint Task Forces , one Joint Interagency Task Force , and Security Cooperation Offices , perform USSOUTHCOM missions and security cooperation activities . USSOUTHCOM exercises its authority through the commanders of its components , Joint Task Forces/Joint Interagency Task Force , and Security Cooperation Organizations .