Question: Ronald Jay Bath (born November 4, 1944) is a retired United States Air Force Major General who directed U.S. Air Force Strategic Planning for the service's Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs at service headquarters in the Pentagon, The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of how many American uniformed services?

Ronald Jay Bath (born November 4, 1944) is a retired United States Air Force Major General who directed U.S. Air Force Strategic Planning for the service's Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs at service headquarters in the Pentagon. <SEP> Michelle D. Johnson is a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and was the 19th Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy.  She is the first woman to lead a United States Department of Defense Service Academy.  Her previous position was the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Casteau, Belgium.  She was formerly the Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs and Logistics, U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base.  She also served as the deputy director for information and cyberspace policy, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate at the Pentagon.  As an Air Force cadet, she was the first woman to serve as Cadet Wing Commander (the senior ranking cadet) at the United States Air Force Academy.  Johnson played basketball for the Air Force Falcons women's basketball team.  She was twice named an Academic All-American and was inducted into the Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 2007, making her the first woman from the Academy and one of only six graduates with that distinction.  Also, she was selected as the Academy's first woman Rhodes Scholar in her First Class (Senior) Year.  Johnson was recognized as an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College in 2013.  She received the 2014 American Legion Auxiliary Woman of the Year Award.  Lt. General Johnson was awarded a star (#42) on The Flag for Hope on June 18, 2016 in recognition of her outstanding military service. <SEP> Lieutenant General James Gordon Roudebush, USAF, (born February 24, 1948) was the 19th Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Roudebush served as functional manager of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service.  In this capacity, he advised the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff, as well as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on matters pertaining to the medical aspects of the air expeditionary force and the health of Air Force people.  General Roudebush had authority to commit resources worldwide for the Air Force Medical Service, to make decisions affecting the delivery of medical services, and to develop plans, programs and procedures to support worldwide medical service missions.  He exercised direction, guidance and technical management of more than 42,400 people assigned to 74 medical facilities worldwide. <SEP>  Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces on 18 September 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947.  It is the most recent branch of the U.S. Armed Forces to be formed.  The USAF is the largest and one of the most technologically advanced air forces in the world.  The service articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Air Superiority, Space Superiority, Cyberspace Superiority, Command and Control, Global Integrated ISR, Global Precision Attack, Special Operations, Rapid Global Mobility, Personnel Recovery, Agile Combat Support, and Building Partnerships. The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven American uniformed services.