page_title: Michael C. Gould
section_title: Military career
hierarchical_section_title: Michael C. Gould / Military career
caption_attribution_description: English: Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks with Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
context_page_description: Lieutenant General Michael Carl Gould was the 18th Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy. He assumed command on June 9, 2009, and retired from service in July 2013. Prior to assuming the position of superintendent, he was director of operations and plans, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours in a variety of aircraft.
context_section_description: General Gould has commanded an operations group, an air refueling wing, an air mobility wing and the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center. He has also commanded the 3rd Air Force, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, and the 2nd Air Force, Keesler AFB, Miss. His operational and staff assignments include three tours at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, along with duty as an Air Force aide to the President and military assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force. He served as the Director of Mobility Forces for Operation Joint Endeavor and as U.S. European Command's Air Expeditionary Task Force commander for the deployment of African Union troops into the Darfur region of Sudan.
caption: Lt. Gen. Gould hosts Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey at the Air Force Academy in April 2012.
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