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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Senior-most officer and service chief of the United States Air Force</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Director of Staff of the United States Air Force">Director of Staff of the United States Air Force</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg/120px-Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg/180px-Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg/240px-Seal_of_Chief_of_Staff_of_USAF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="509" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Seal of the Chief of Staff<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_the_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_the_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/180px-Flag_of_the_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg/330px-Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg/440px-Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David W. Allvin</a><br /></div>since 2 November 2023</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Service chief</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">CSAF<br />AF/CC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Quarters 7, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Base_Myer%E2%80%93Henderson_Hall" title="Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall">Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arlington, Virginia">Arlington, Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a><br />with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">advice and consent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years<br />Renewable once, only during war or national emergency</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/9033">§ 9033</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Commanding General, United States Army Air Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">18 September 1947</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data">Gen <a href="/wiki/Carl_Andrew_Spaatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Andrew Spaatz">Carl A. Spaatz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Air-Force-Senior-Leaders/CSAF/">Official Website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>chief of staff of the Air Force</b> (<a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a>: <b>CSAF</b>, or <b>AF/CC</b>) is the service chief of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. They are the principal military advisor to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a> on matter pertaining to the Air Force. They are a member of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, and thereby a military adviser to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Security_Council" title="United States National Security Council">National Security Council</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">secretary of defense</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a>. The chief of staff is typically the highest-ranking officer on <a href="/wiki/Active_duty" title="Active duty">active duty</a> in the Air Force, unless the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">chairman</a> and/or the <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> are Air Force officers. </p><p>The chief of staff of the Air Force is an administrative position based in <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">the Pentagon</a>. The chief of staff does not have operational command authority over Air Force forces. That is within the purview of the <a href="/wiki/Combatant_command" class="mw-redirect" title="Combatant command">combatant commanders</a> who report to the secretary of defense. The chief of staff exercises supervision of Air Force units and organizations as the designee of the secretary of the Air Force. </p><p>The 23rd and current chief of staff of the Air Force is General <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David W. Allvin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Department_of_the_Air_Force">Department of the Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Department of the Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the authority, direction and control of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">secretary of the Air Force</a>, the chief of staff presides over the <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a>. They act as the Secretary's executive agent in carrying out approved plans, and exercises supervision, consistent with authority assigned to the commanders of the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Combatant_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Combatant Command">Unified Combatant Commands</a>, over organizations and members of the Air Force as determined by the Secretary. The chief of staff may perform other duties as assigned by either the president, the secretary of defense or the secretary of the Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_Cornell_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF_Cornell-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">vice chief of staff of the Air Force</a>, also a four-star general, is the chief of staff's principal deputy.<sup id="cite_ref-VCSAF_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCSAF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff">Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chief of staff of the Air Force is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> as prescribed by <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/151">§ 151</a>. When performing his JCS duties, the chief of staff is directly responsible to the secretary of defense. Like the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chief of staff is an administrative position, with no operational command authority over the United States Air Force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointment_and_rank">Appointment and rank</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appointment and rank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A,_Schwartz_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A%2C_Schwartz_2008.jpg/220px-Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A%2C_Schwartz_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A%2C_Schwartz_2008.jpg/330px-Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A%2C_Schwartz_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A%2C_Schwartz_2008.jpg/440px-Michael_B._Donley_Norton_A%2C_Schwartz_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1584" data-file-height="1052" /></a><figcaption>Incoming Chief of Staff Gen. <a href="/wiki/Norton_A._Schwartz" title="Norton A. Schwartz">Norton A. Schwartz</a> about to accept the ceremonial flag at <a href="/wiki/Bolling_Air_Force_Base" title="Bolling Air Force Base">Bolling Air Force Base</a>, August 12, 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>The chief of staff is nominated for appointment by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a>, for a four-year term of office,<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and must be confirmed via majority vote by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any Air Force officer with the rank of brigadier general and above may be appointed as chief of staff.<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prospective nominees are typically laterally promoted from other four-star assignments. The chief can be reappointed to serve one additional term, but only during times of war or national emergency declared by Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nathan_Twining_02_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Nathan_Twining_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Nathan_Twining_02_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Nathan_Twining_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Nathan_Twining_02_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Nathan_Twining_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Nathan_Twining_02_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1019" data-file-height="583" /></a><figcaption>The special uniform cap of the Air Force Chief of Staff. It is also worn by the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">CJCS</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">VJCS</a>, when either is from the Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>To qualify for the position, the nominee must have significant joint duty experience, and at least one full <a href="/wiki/Tour_of_duty" title="Tour of duty">tour of duty</a> in a joint duty assignment as a <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a>, unless the President waives this requirement.<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By statute, the chief of staff is appointed as a <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">four-star general</a> without vacating his permanent rank.<sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_uniform_cap">Special uniform cap</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Special uniform cap"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chief of staff is authorized to wear a special service cap with clouds and lightning bolts around the band of the hat. This cap is different from those worn by other general officers of the Air Force and it is for use by the Chief of Staff and Air Force officers serving as Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_chiefs_of_staff_of_the_Air_Force">List of chiefs of staff of the Air Force</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of chiefs of staff of the Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the creation of this position, General <a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold" title="Henry H. Arnold">Henry H. Arnold</a> was designated the first <b>chief of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a></b> and commanding general of the Army Air Forces during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. His successor, <a href="/wiki/Carl_A._Spaatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl A. Spaatz">Carl A. Spaatz</a> became the first chief of staff of the Air Force upon the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. </p><p>Four chiefs of staff would go on to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, namely Nathan F. Twining, George S. Brown, David C. Jones, and Charles Q. Brown Jr. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Name </th> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Term </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Background </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Secretaries served under: </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Took office </th> <th scope="col">Left office </th> <th scope="col">Duration </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Air Force</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Defense</a> </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Spaatz,_Air_Force_photo_portrait,_color.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carl A. Spaatz"><img alt="Carl A. Spaatz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Carl_Spaatz%2C_Air_Force_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/100px-Carl_Spaatz%2C_Air_Force_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Carl_Spaatz%2C_Air_Force_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/150px-Carl_Spaatz%2C_Air_Force_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Carl_Spaatz%2C_Air_Force_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg/200px-Carl_Spaatz%2C_Air_Force_photo_portrait%2C_color.jpg 2x" data-file-width="216" data-file-height="271" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Spaatz, Carl Andrew</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Carl_A._Spaatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl A. Spaatz">Carl A. Spaatz</a></b><br /><small>(1891–1974)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 September 1947</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 April 1948</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002216000000000000♠"></span>216 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">Fighters</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Symington" title="Stuart Symington">Stuart Symington</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hoyt S. Vandenberg"><img alt="Hoyt S. Vandenberg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg/100px-Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg/150px-Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg/200px-Hoyt_S_Vandenberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1842" data-file-height="2280" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Vandenberg" title="Hoyt Vandenberg">Hoyt S. Vandenberg</a></b><br /><small>(1899–1954)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 April 1948<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 June 1953</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003188600000000000♠"></span>5 years, 60 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Attack and Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Symington" title="Stuart Symington">Stuart Symington</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_K._Finletter" title="Thomas K. Finletter">Thomas K. Finletter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Talbott" title="Harold E. Talbott">Harold E. Talbott</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Louis_A._Johnson" title="Louis A. Johnson">Louis A. Johnson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. Marshall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Lovett" title="Robert A. Lovett">Robert A. Lovett</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson" title="Charles Erwin Wilson">Charles Erwin Wilson</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nathan_Twining_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nathan F. Twining"><img alt="Nathan F. Twining" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Nathan_Twining_02.jpg/100px-Nathan_Twining_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Nathan_Twining_02.jpg/150px-Nathan_Twining_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Nathan_Twining_02.jpg/200px-Nathan_Twining_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1452" data-file-height="1917" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Twining, Nathan Farragut</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nathan_F._Twining" title="Nathan F. Twining">Nathan F. Twining</a></b><br /><small>(1897–1982)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1953<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1957<sup id="cite_ref-cjcs_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjcs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 0 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters and <a href="/wiki/Bomber" title="Bomber">Bombers</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Talbott" title="Harold E. Talbott">Harold E. Talbott</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_A._Quarles" title="Donald A. Quarles">Donald A. Quarles</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_H._Douglas_Jr." title="James H. Douglas Jr.">James H. Douglas Jr.</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson" title="Charles Erwin Wilson">Charles Erwin Wilson</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas D. White"><img alt="Thomas D. White" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg/100px-Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg/150px-Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg/200px-Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1405" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">White, Thomas Dresser</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_D._White" title="Thomas D. White">Thomas D. White</a></b><br /><small>(1901–1965)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1957<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1961</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Observation aircraft and Staff</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/James_H._Douglas_Jr." title="James H. Douglas Jr.">James H. Douglas Jr.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dudley_C._Sharp" title="Dudley C. Sharp">Dudley Sharp</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eugene_M._Zuckert" title="Eugene M. Zuckert">Eugene Zuckert</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson" title="Charles Erwin Wilson">Charles Erwin Wilson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neil_H._McElroy" title="Neil H. McElroy">Neil H. McElroy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Gates_Jr." title="Thomas S. Gates Jr.">Thomas Gates</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Curtis_LeMay_(USAF).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Curtis E. LeMay"><img alt="Curtis E. LeMay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Curtis_LeMay_%28USAF%29.jpg/100px-Curtis_LeMay_%28USAF%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Curtis_LeMay_%28USAF%29.jpg/150px-Curtis_LeMay_%28USAF%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Curtis_LeMay_%28USAF%29.jpg/200px-Curtis_LeMay_%28USAF%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1694" data-file-height="1935" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">LeMay, Curtis Emerson</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis E. LeMay</a></b><br /><small>(1906–1990)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1961<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31 January 1965</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003131100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 215 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Bombers</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_M._Zuckert" title="Eugene M. Zuckert">Eugene Zuckert</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_P._McConnell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John P. McConnell"><img alt="John P. McConnell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_P._McConnell.jpg/100px-John_P._McConnell.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_P._McConnell.jpg/150px-John_P._McConnell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/John_P._McConnell.jpg/200px-John_P._McConnell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="216" data-file-height="270" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">McConnell, John Paul</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_P._McConnell_(general)" title="John P. McConnell (general)">John P. McConnell</a></b><br /><small>(1908–1986)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 February 1965<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31 July 1969</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003164100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 180 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_M._Zuckert" title="Eugene M. Zuckert">Eugene Zuckert</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Secretary_of_Defense)" title="Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)">Harold Brown</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Seamans" title="Robert Seamans">Robert Seamans</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Clark_Clifford" title="Clark Clifford">Clark Clifford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">Melvin Laird</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_Ryan,_John_Dale_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John D. Ryan"><img alt="John D. Ryan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/GEN_Ryan%2C_John_Dale_%282%29.jpg/100px-GEN_Ryan%2C_John_Dale_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/GEN_Ryan%2C_John_Dale_%282%29.jpg/150px-GEN_Ryan%2C_John_Dale_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/GEN_Ryan%2C_John_Dale_%282%29.jpg/200px-GEN_Ryan%2C_John_Dale_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1602" data-file-height="2008" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ryan, John Dale</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_Dale_Ryan" title="John Dale Ryan">John D. Ryan</a></b><br /><small>(1915–1983)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1969<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">31 July 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Bombers</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Seamans" title="Robert Seamans">Robert Seamans</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_L._McLucas" title="John L. McLucas">John L. McLucas</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Laird" title="Melvin Laird">Melvin Laird</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Richardson" title="Elliot Richardson">Elliot Richardson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_George_Brown.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="George S. Brown"><img alt="George S. Brown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/GEN_George_Brown.JPG/100px-GEN_George_Brown.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/GEN_George_Brown.JPG/150px-GEN_George_Brown.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/GEN_George_Brown.JPG/200px-GEN_George_Brown.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2034" data-file-height="2514" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Brown, George Scratchley</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/George_Scratchley_Brown" title="George Scratchley Brown">George S. Brown</a></b><br /><small>(1918–1978)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 August 1973</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1974<sup id="cite_ref-cjcs_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjcs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002333000000000000♠"></span>333 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Bombers</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/John_L._McLucas" title="John L. McLucas">John L. McLucas</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David C. Jones"><img alt="David C. Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg/100px-Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg/150px-Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg/200px-Gen_David_C_Jones.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2233" data-file-height="2791" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Jones, David Charles</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/David_C._Jones" title="David C. Jones">David C. Jones</a></b><br /><small>(1921–2013)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 June 1978<sup id="cite_ref-cjcs_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjcs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003145000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 354 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Bombers</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/John_L._McLucas" title="John L. McLucas">John L. McLucas</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Reed" title="Thomas C. Reed">Thomas C. Reed</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_C._Stetson" title="John C. Stetson">John C. Stetson</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Schlesinger" title="James R. Schlesinger">James R. Schlesinger</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Secretary_of_Defense)" title="Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)">Harold Brown</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Lew_Allen,_official_military_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lew Allen Jr."><img alt="Lew Allen Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/General_Lew_Allen%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/100px-General_Lew_Allen%2C_official_military_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/General_Lew_Allen%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/150px-General_Lew_Allen%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/General_Lew_Allen%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/200px-General_Lew_Allen%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2038" data-file-height="2712" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Allen, Lew</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Lew_Allen" title="Lew Allen">Lew Allen Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(1925–2010)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1978<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Bombers</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/John_C._Stetson" title="John C. Stetson">John C. Stetson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hans_Mark" title="Hans Mark">Hans Mark</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Verne_Orr" title="Verne Orr">Verne Orr</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Secretary_of_Defense)" title="Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)">Harold Brown</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles A. Gabriel"><img alt="Charles A. Gabriel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg/100px-Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg/150px-Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg/200px-Charles_A._Gabriel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gabriel, Charles Alvin</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Gabriel" title="Charles A. Gabriel">Charles A. Gabriel</a></b><br /><small>(1928–2003)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1982</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1986</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Verne_Orr" title="Verne Orr">Verne Orr</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Russell_A._Rourke" title="Russell A. Rourke">Russell A. Rourke</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Aldridge_Jr." title="Edward C. Aldridge Jr.">Edward Aldridge</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_(USAF)_General_(GEN)_Larry_D._Welch_(uncovered)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Larry D. Welch"><img alt="Larry D. Welch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_%28USAF%29_General_%28GEN%29_Larry_D._Welch_%28uncovered%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_%28USAF%29_General_%28GEN%29_Larry_D._Welch_%28uncovered%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_%28USAF%29_General_%28GEN%29_Larry_D._Welch_%28uncovered%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_%28USAF%29_General_%28GEN%29_Larry_D._Welch_%28uncovered%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_%28USAF%29_General_%28GEN%29_Larry_D._Welch_%28uncovered%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Portrait_of_US_Air_Force_%28USAF%29_General_%28GEN%29_Larry_D._Welch_%28uncovered%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1968" data-file-height="2488" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Welch, Larry D.</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a></b><br /><small>(born 1934)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1986</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 June 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003146000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Aldridge_Jr." title="Edward C. Aldridge Jr.">Edward Aldridge</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rice" title="Donald Rice">Donald Rice</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger" title="Caspar Weinberger">Caspar Weinberger</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Carlucci" title="Frank Carlucci">Frank Carlucci</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Dugan,_official_military_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael J. Dugan"><img alt="Michael J. Dugan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Michael_Dugan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/100px-Michael_Dugan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Michael_Dugan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/150px-Michael_Dugan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Michael_Dugan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/200px-Michael_Dugan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2364" data-file-height="2934" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Dugan, Michael Joseph</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dugan_(general)" title="Michael Dugan (general)">Michael J. Dugan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1937)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 September 1990<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(relieved)</i></span></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001780000000000000♠"></span>78 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rice" title="Donald Rice">Donald Rice</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John M. Loh"><img alt="John M. Loh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg/100px-Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg/150px-Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg/200px-Gen_John_M._Loh_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Loh, John Michael</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_M._Loh" title="John M. Loh">John M. Loh</a></b><br /><small>(born 1938)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-acting_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acting-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">18 September 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">29 October 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001410000000000000♠"></span>41 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rice" title="Donald Rice">Donald Rice</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Merrill_McPeak,_official_military_photo.JPEG" class="mw-file-description" title="Merrill A. McPeak"><img alt="Merrill A. McPeak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Merrill_McPeak%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG/100px-Merrill_McPeak%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Merrill_McPeak%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG/150px-Merrill_McPeak%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Merrill_McPeak%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG/200px-Merrill_McPeak%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2043" data-file-height="2751" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">McPeak, Merrill Anthony</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Merrill_McPeak" title="Merrill McPeak">Merrill A. McPeak</a></b><br /><small>(born 1936)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 October 1990</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 October 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003145600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 360 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rice" title="Donald Rice">Donald Rice</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Widnall" title="Sheila Widnall">Sheila Widnall</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Les_Aspin" title="Les Aspin">Les Aspin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_J._Perry" title="William J. Perry">William J. Perry</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ronald R. Fogleman"><img alt="Ronald R. Fogleman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg/100px-Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg/150px-Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg/200px-Ronald_R._Fogleman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2345" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Fogleman, Ronald Robert</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Fogleman" title="Ronald Fogleman">Ronald R. Fogleman</a></b><br /><small>(born 1942)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">26 October 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003104100000000000♠"></span>2 years, 310 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Widnall" title="Sheila Widnall">Sheila Widnall</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Perry" title="William J. Perry">William J. Perry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_E_Eberhart,_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ralph E. Eberhart"><img alt="Ralph E. Eberhart" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Ralph_E_Eberhart%2C_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg/100px-Ralph_E_Eberhart%2C_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Ralph_E_Eberhart%2C_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg/150px-Ralph_E_Eberhart%2C_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Ralph_E_Eberhart%2C_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg/200px-Ralph_E_Eberhart%2C_CINCSPACE_%26_CINCNORAD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="325" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Eberhart, Ralph Edward</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Eberhart" title="Ralph Eberhart">Ralph E. Eberhart</a></b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-acting_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acting-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">2 September 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">5 October 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001330000000000000♠"></span>33 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Widnall" title="Sheila Widnall">Sheila Widnall</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Ryan,_official_military_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Michael E. Ryan"><img alt="Michael E. Ryan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/100px-Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/150px-Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg/200px-Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2226" data-file-height="2860" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ryan, Michael</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_E._Ryan" title="Michael E. Ryan">Michael E. Ryan</a></b><br /><small>(born 1941)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 October 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 September 2001</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003143000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 334 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Widnall" title="Sheila Widnall">Sheila Widnall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/F._Whitten_Peters" title="F. Whitten Peters">F. Whitten Peters</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_G._Roche" title="James G. Roche">James G. Roche</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/William_Cohen" title="William Cohen">William Cohen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John-P-Jumper.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John P. Jumper"><img alt="John P. Jumper" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/John-P-Jumper.jpg/100px-John-P-Jumper.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/John-P-Jumper.jpg/150px-John-P-Jumper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/John-P-Jumper.jpg/200px-John-P-Jumper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Jumper, John Phillip</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/John_P._Jumper" title="John P. Jumper">John P. Jumper</a></b><br /><small>(born 1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 September 2001</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 September 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003145600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 360 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/James_G._Roche" title="James G. Roche">James G. Roche</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-CSAF_6-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSAF-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="T. Michael Moseley"><img alt="T. Michael Moseley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg/100px-Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg/150px-Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg/200px-Moseley_official_photo_6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Moseley, Teed Michael</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/T._Michael_Moseley" title="T. Michael Moseley">T. Michael Moseley</a></b><br /><small>(born 1949)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2 September 2005<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 July 2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(resigned)</i></span></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003107400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 344 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wynne" title="Michael Wynne">Michael Wynne</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" title="Donald Rumsfeld">Donald Rumsfeld</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-AF_Magazine_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AF_Magazine-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mcnabb_dj4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Duncan J. McNabb"><img alt="Duncan J. McNabb" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mcnabb_dj4.jpg/100px-Mcnabb_dj4.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mcnabb_dj4.jpg/150px-Mcnabb_dj4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mcnabb_dj4.jpg/200px-Mcnabb_dj4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">McNabb, Duncan</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Duncan_McNabb" title="Duncan McNabb">Duncan J. McNabb</a></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-acting_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acting-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">12 July 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">12 August 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠"></span>31 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">Airlift</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Donley" title="Michael B. Donley">Michael B. Donley</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><sup id="cite_ref-AF_Magazine_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AF_Magazine-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Norton A. Schwartz"><img alt="Norton A. Schwartz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg/100px-Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg/150px-Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg/200px-Norton_A_Schwartz_2008_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2080" data-file-height="2600" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Schwartz, Norton Allan</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Norton_A._Schwartz" title="Norton A. Schwartz">Norton A. Schwartz</a></b><br /><small>(born 1951)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 August 2008</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 August 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003145900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Airlift and Special Operations aircraft</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Donley" title="Michael B. Donley">Michael B. Donley</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark A. Welsh III"><img alt="Mark A. Welsh III" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg/100px-Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg/150px-Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg/200px-Gen_Mark_A._Welsh_III_CSAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Welsh, Mark Anthony III</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mark_Welsh" title="Mark Welsh">Mark A. Welsh III</a></b><br /><small>(born 1953)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 August 2012</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 June 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003141400000000000♠"></span>3 years, 319 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Attack and Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Donley" title="Michael B. Donley">Michael B. Donley</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Lee_James" title="Deborah Lee James">Deborah Lee James</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Panetta" title="Leon Panetta">Leon Panetta</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_David_L._Goldfein_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David L. Goldfein"><img alt="David L. Goldfein" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Gen_David_L._Goldfein_%282%29.jpg/100px-Gen_David_L._Goldfein_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Gen_David_L._Goldfein_%282%29.jpg/150px-Gen_David_L._Goldfein_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Gen_David_L._Goldfein_%282%29.jpg/200px-Gen_David_L._Goldfein_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Goldfein, David Lee</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/David_L._Goldfein" title="David L. Goldfein">David L. Goldfein</a></b><br /><small>(born 1959)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 July 2016<sup id="cite_ref-vcsaf_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vcsaf-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 August 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003149700000000000♠"></span>4 years, 36 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Lee_James" title="Deborah Lee James">Deborah Lee James</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Heather_Wilson" title="Heather Wilson">Heather Wilson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Barrett" title="Barbara Barrett">Barbara Barrett</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ash_Carter" title="Ash Carter">Ash Carter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mattis" title="Jim Mattis">Jim Mattis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Q. Brown Jr."><img alt="Charles Q. Brown Jr." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._%282%29.jpg/100px-Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._%282%29.jpg/150px-Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._%282%29.jpg/200px-Gen_Charles_Q._Brown_Jr._%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Brown, Charles Quinton Jr.</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Q._Brown_Jr." title="Charles Q. Brown Jr.">Charles Q. Brown Jr.</a></b><br /><small>(born 1962)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 August 2020</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 September 2023<sup id="cite_ref-cjcs_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjcs-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003114900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 54 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Fighters</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Barrett" title="Barbara Barrett">Barbara Barrett</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Kendall_III" title="Frank Kendall III">Frank Kendall III</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Esper" title="Mark Esper">Mark Esper</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><td style="background:#e6e6aa;">–<sup id="cite_ref-acting_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acting-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_David_W._Allvin_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg/100px-Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg/150px-Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg/200px-Gen_David_W._Allvin_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td data-sort-value="Allvin, David" rowspan="2">General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David W. Allvin</a> </b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1963)</span> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">29 September 2023 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;">2 November 2023 </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠"></span>34 days </td> <td rowspan="2">Airlift </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Kendall_III" title="Frank Kendall III">Frank Kendall III</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a> </td> <td style="background:#e6e6aa;"><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td>2 November 2023 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002386000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 20 days </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-allvin_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allvin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_bmyysm1viu1myx61fglqopttl539890"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" coords="800,224,869,245" title="David W. 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href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-vcsaf_8-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Served prior as <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cjcs-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cjcs_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cjcs_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cjcs_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cjcs_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Appointed as <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-acting-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-acting_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-acting_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-acting_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-acting_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">In capacity as Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Austin" title="Lloyd Austin">Lloyd Austin</a></b></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hicks" title="Kathleen Hicks">Kathleen Hicks</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Secretaries of the Military Departments</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a>: <a href="/wiki/Christine_Wormuth" title="Christine Wormuth">Christine Wormuth</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Del_Toro" title="Carlos Del Toro">Carlos Del Toro</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Kendall_III" title="Frank Kendall III">Frank Kendall III</a> </span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Gen <a href="/wiki/Charles_Q._Brown_Jr." title="Charles Q. Brown Jr.">Charles Q. Brown Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a><br /></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Under Secretaries of Defense for</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition_and_Sustainment" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment">Acquisition and Sustainment</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_A._LaPlante&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William A. LaPlante (page does not exist)">William A. LaPlante</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">Research and Engineering</a>: <a href="/wiki/Heidi_Shyu" title="Heidi Shyu">Heidi Shyu</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Policy</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amanda_J._Dory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amanda J. Dory (page does not exist)">Amanda J. Dory</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._McCord" title="Michael J. McCord">Michael J. McCord</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">Personnel and Readiness</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashish_Vazirani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashish Vazirani (page does not exist)">Ashish Vazirani</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">Intelligence</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Milancy_Harris&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milancy Harris (page does not exist)">Milancy Harris</a> (acting)</span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Under Secretaries of the Military Departments</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Camarillo" title="Gabe Camarillo">Gabe Camarillo</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a>: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mancinelli" title="Thomas Mancinelli">Thomas Mancinelli</a> (acting)</span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a>: <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Dalton" title="Melissa Dalton">Melissa Dalton</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">ADM <a href="/wiki/Christopher_W._Grady" title="Christopher W. Grady">Christopher W. Grady</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a><br /></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap">Chiefs of the Military Services</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Randy_George" title="Randy George">Randy A. George</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)" title="Eric Smith (general)">Eric M. Smith</a> </span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Franchetti" title="Lisa Franchetti">Lisa M. Franchetti</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/David_W._Allvin" title="David W. Allvin">David W. Allvin</a> </span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/B._Chance_Saltzman" title="B. Chance Saltzman">B. Chance Saltzman</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_Bureau" title="Chief of the National Guard Bureau">Chief of the National Guard Bureau</a></span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap">Gen <a href="/wiki/Steven_Nordhaus" title="Steven Nordhaus">Steven S. Nordhaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified Combatant Command</a> Commanders</span></dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Michael_Langley" title="Michael Langley">Michael E. Langley</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kurilla" title="Michael Kurilla">Michael E. Kurilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Timothy_D._Haugh" title="Timothy D. Haugh">Timothy D. Haugh</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a>: GEN <a href="/wiki/Christopher_G._Cavoli" title="Christopher G. Cavoli">Christopher G. Cavoli</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paparo" title="Samuel Paparo">Samuel J. Paparo Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Guillot" title="Gregory Guillot">Gregory M. Guillot</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a>: ADM <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Holsey" title="Alvin Holsey">Alvin Holsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a>: Gen <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Whiting" title="Stephen Whiting">Stephen N. 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<li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/120px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/160px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Structure of the United States Air Force">Structure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Installations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct Reporting Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_District_of_Washington" title="Air Force District of Washington">District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Center" title="Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center">Operational Test and Evaluation Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">USAF Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of major commands of the United States Air Force">Major commands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">ACC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">AETC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Global_Strike_Command" title="Air Force Global Strike Command">AFGSC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Materiel_Command" title="Air Force Materiel Command">AFMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AFRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" title="Air Force Special Operations Command">AFSOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">AMC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Air_Forces" title="Pacific Air Forces">PACAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_%E2%80%93_Air_Forces_Africa" title="United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa">USAFE–AFAFRICA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Numbered Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Air_Force" title="Fourth Air Force">Fourth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Air_Force" title="Seventh Air Force">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Air_Force" title="Tenth Air Force">Tenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Air_Force" title="Eleventh Air Force">Eleventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Expeditionary_Air_Force" title="Thirteenth Expeditionary Air Force">Thirteenth Expeditionary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Air_Force" title="Nineteenth Air Force">Nineteenth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-Second_Air_Force" title="Twenty-Second Air Force">Twenty-Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of wings of the United States Air Force">Wings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Groups" title="List of United States Air Force Groups">Groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_groups_and_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_National_Guard" title="List of groups and wings of the United States Air National Guard">ANG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force squadrons">Squadrons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_National_Guard_Squadrons" title="List of United States Air National Guard Squadrons">ANG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces_squadrons" title="List of United States Air Force Security Forces squadrons">Security Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces#Civilian_auxiliaries_distinguished" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Civilian auxiliary</a>: <a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel and<br /> training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_personnel" title="List of United States Air Force personnel">Personnel</a></li> <li>Rank <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Insignia" title="United States Air Force Academy Cadet Insignia">cadets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">enlisted</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_aeronautical_rating" title="U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating">Aeronautical ratings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_Engineer_Deployable_Heavy_Operational_Repair_Squadron_Engineers" title="Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers">RED HORSE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Security_Forces" title="United States Air Force Security Forces">Security Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Medical_Service" title="United States Air Force Medical Service">Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Scientist_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Training: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Force Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">Officer Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Reserve Officer Training Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman_Leadership_School" title="Airman Leadership School">Airman Leadership School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Survival,_Evasion,_Resistance_and_Escape" title="Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape">SERE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Fitness_Assessment" title="United States Air Force Fitness Assessment">Fitness Assessment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br /> equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force#Aircraft_inventory" title="United States Air Force">Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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States Air Force Band">Air Force Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">Airman's Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force#Core_missions" title="United States Air Force">Core Values</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Symbol" title="United States Air Force Symbol">Symbol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Memorial" title="United States Air Force Memorial">Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="National Museum of the United States Air Force">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots" title="Women Airforce Service Pilots">Women Airforce Service Pilots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a> / <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Two" title="Air Force Two">Air Force Two</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Honor_Guard" title="United States Air Force Honor Guard">Honor Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds" title="United States Air Force Thunderbirds">Thunderbirds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">Service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_%26_Space_Forces_Association" title="Air & Space Forces Association">Air & Space Forces Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_four-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States four-star officers">Active duty four-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_duty_United_States_three-star_officers" title="List of active duty United States three-star officers">Active duty three-star officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_seniority" title="United States military seniority">United States military seniority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">By ancestry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_future_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of future military aircraft of the United States">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="United States military aircraft designation systems">Aircraft designation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._helicopter_armament_subsystems" title="U.S. helicopter armament subsystems">Helicopter arms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army_during_World_War_II" title="List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II">WWII equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_football" title="Nuclear football">Nuclear football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">Electronics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Joint_Electronics_Type_Designation_System" title="Joint Electronics Type Designation System">designations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Flags of the United States Armed Forces">Flags</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Flag of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Flag of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Flag of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Flag of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_of_the_United_States" title="Ensign of the United States">Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_the_United_States" title="Jack of the United States">Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guidon_(United_States)" title="Guidon (United States)">Guidons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_ration" title="United States military ration">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United States and weapons of mass destruction">WMDs</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States" title="Nuclear weapons of the United States">Nuclear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_biological_weapons_program" title="United States biological weapons program">Biological</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._chemical_weapons_topics" title="List of U.S. chemical weapons topics">Chemical</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military of the United States">Category</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_Army" title="Category:United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Angola)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Angola) (page does not exist)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Benin)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Benin) (page does not exist)">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Botswana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Botswana) (page does not exist)">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Burkina_Faso)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Burkina Faso) (page does not exist)">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li>Burundi</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Cameroon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Cameroon) (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Cape_Verde)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Cape Verde) (page does not exist)">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Central_African_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Central African Republic) (page does not exist)">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Chad)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Chad) (page does not exist)">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Comoros)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Comoros) (page does not exist)">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(DR_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (DR Congo) (page does not exist)">DR Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Republic_of_the_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Republic of the Congo) (page does not exist)">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Djibouti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Djibouti) (page does not exist)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Egypt)" title="Commander of the Air Force (Egypt)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Equatorial_Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Equatorial Guinea) (page does not exist)">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Eritrea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Eritrea) (page does not exist)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Gabon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Gabon) (page does not exist)">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Gambia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Gambia) (page does not exist)">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Ghana)" title="Chief of Air Staff (Ghana)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Guinea) (page does not exist)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Army_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Army (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Ivory_Coast)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Ivory Coast) (page does not exist)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Kenya)" title="Commander of the Air Force (Kenya)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Lesotho)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Lesotho) (page does not exist)">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Liberia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Liberia) (page does not exist)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Libya)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Libya) (page does not exist)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Madagascar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Madagascar) (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Malawi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Malawi) (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Mali)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Mali) (page does not exist)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Mauritania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Mauritania) (page does not exist)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Morocco)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Morocco) (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Mozambique)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Mozambique) (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Namibia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Namibia) (page does not exist)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (Nigeria)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Rwanda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Rwanda) (page does not exist)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (São Tomé and Príncipe) (page does not exist)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Senegal)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Senegal) (page does not exist)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Seychelles)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Seychelles) (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Sierra_Leone)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Sierra Leone) (page does not exist)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Somalia)" title="Chief of the Air Force (Somalia)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_military_chiefs#Chief_of_the_Air_Force" title="List of South African military chiefs">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (South Sudan) (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Sudan) (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Swaziland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Swaziland) (page does not exist)">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Tanzania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Tanzania) (page does not exist)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Togo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Togo) (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Tunisia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Tunisia) (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Uganda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Uganda) (page does not exist)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Zambia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Zambia) (page does not exist)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force_of_Zimbabwe" title="List of commanders of the Air Force of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Biafra)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Biafra) (page does not exist)">Biafra</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Bophuthatswana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Bophuthatswana) (page does not exist)">Bophuthatswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Ciskei)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Ciskei) (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a></li> <li>British Egypt</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Ethiopian_Empire)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Ethiopian Empire) (page does not exist)">Ethiopian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Air_Force_of_Zimbabwe" title="List of commanders of the Air Force of Zimbabwe">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Transkei)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Transkei) (page does not exist)">Transkei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Venda)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Venda) (page does not exist)">Venda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(DR_Congo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (DR Congo) (page does not exist)">Zaire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Antigua and Barbuda</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chiefs_of_the_general_staff_of_the_Argentine_Air_Force" title="List of chiefs of the general staff of the Argentine Air Force">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Bahamas)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Bahamas) (page does not exist)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Barbados)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Barbados) (page does not exist)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Belize)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Belize) (page does not exist)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Bolivia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Bolivia) (page does not exist)">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Chilean_Air_Force" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Chilean Air Force">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Colombia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Colombia) (page does not exist)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Cuba)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Cuba) (page does not exist)">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Dominican_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Dominican Republic) (page does not exist)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Ecuador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Ecuador) (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(El_Salvador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (El Salvador) (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Guatemala)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Guatemala) (page does not exist)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Guyana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Guyana) (page does not exist)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Haiti)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Haiti) (page does not exist)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Honduras)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Honduras) (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Jamaica)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Jamaica) (page does not exist)">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Mexico)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Force (Mexico) (page does not exist)">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Nicaraguan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Nicaraguan) (page does not exist)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Paraguay)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Paraguay) (page does not exist)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Peru)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Peru) (page does not exist)">Peru</a></li> <li>Saint Kitts and Nevis</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Suriname)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Force (Suriname) (page does not exist)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Guard_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Guard (Trinidad and Tobago) (page does not exist)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Uruguay)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Uruguay) (page does not exist)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Venezuela)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Venezuela) (page does not exist)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Abkhazia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Abkhazia) (page does not exist)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Afghanistan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Afghanistan) (page does not exist)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Armenia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Armenia) (page does not exist)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Azerbaijan)" title="Commander of the Air Force (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Bahrain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Bahrain) (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Bangladesh)" title="Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Bhutan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Bhutan) (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Brunei)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Brunei) (page does not exist)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Royal_Cambodian_Air_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Royal Cambodian Air Force (page does not exist)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="Commander of the People's Liberation Army Air Force">China</a></li> <li>East Timor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Indonesian_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Iran)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Force (Iran) (page does not exist)">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_commanders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Force commanders (page does not exist)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Israeli_Air_Force" title="Commander of the Israeli Air Force">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Staff (Japan) (page does not exist)">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Jordan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Jordan) (page does not exist)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Kazakhstan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Kazakhstan) (page does not exist)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(North_Korea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (North Korea) (page does not exist)">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Force_(South_Korea)" title="Chief of Staff of the Air Force (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kuwait)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Kyrgyzstan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Air Force (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Laos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Laos) (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Lebanese_Air_Force_(Lebanon)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Lebanese Air Force (Lebanon) (page does not exist)">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Malaysia)" title="Chief of Air Force (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Maldives)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Maldives) (page does not exist)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Mongolia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Mongolia) (page does not exist)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Myanmar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Myanmar) (page does not exist)">Myanmar</a></li> <li>Nepal</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Oman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Oman) (page does not exist)">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commanding_General_of_the_Philippine_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Qatar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Qatar) (page does not exist)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_Royal_Air_Force_(Saudi_Arabia)" title="Commander of Royal Air Force (Saudi Arabia)">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Force_(Singapore)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Force (Singapore)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Air_Force_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Syria)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Syria) (page does not exist)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Republic_of_China_Air_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Republic of China Air Force (page does not exist)">Republic of China</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Tajikistan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Tajikistan) (page does not exist)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Thai_Air_Force" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Air Force">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Turkmenistan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Turkmenistan) (page does not exist)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(United_Arab_Emirates)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (United Arab Emirates) (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Uzbekistan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Uzbekistan) (page does not exist)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Vietnam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Vietnam) (page does not exist)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Yemen)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Yemen) (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Democratic Kampuchea</li> <li>Imperial Japan</li> <li>Mengjiang</li> <li>Manchukuo</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(South_Vietnam)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (South Vietnam) (page does not exist)">South Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Forces_(Albania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Forces (Albania) (page does not exist)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Forces_(Austria)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Forces (Austria) (page does not exist)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Belarus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Belarus) (page does not exist)">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Air_Component_(Belgium)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff of the Air Component (Belgium) (page does not exist)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force of Bosnia and Herzegovina (page does not exist)">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Forces_(Bulgaria)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Forces (Bulgaria) (page does not exist)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Forces_(Croatia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Forces (Croatia) (page does not exist)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Cyprus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Cyprus) (page does not exist)">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Forces_(Czech_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Forces (Czech Republic) (page does not exist)">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Chief of the Royal Danish Air Force">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Air_Forces_(Estonia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Air Forces (Estonia) (page does not exist)">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Finnish_Air_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Finnish Air Force (page does not exist)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff of the French Air Force">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_of_the_Air_Force" title="Inspector of the Air Force">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Georgia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Georgia) (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Hellenic_Air_Force_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Hungary)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Hungary) (page does not exist)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=General_Officer_Commanding_Air_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="General Officer Commanding Air Corps (page does not exist)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Italian_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force">Italy</a></li> <li>Kosovo</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commander of the Latvian Air Forces (page does not exist)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Force_(Lithuania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Force (Lithuania) (page does not exist)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Air_Wing_(Luxembourg)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Air Wing (Luxembourg) (page does not exist)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a 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