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Under the authority, direction and control of the secretary of the Air Force, the chief of staff presides over the Air Staff.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 Unified Combatant Commands, over organizations and members of the Air Force as determined by the Secretary.
Subordinate to Air Force Materiel Command: Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center: Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Major General John J. Allen Jr. [114] U.S. Air Force: Cyber and Networks Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Daniel Caine – Air Force major and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Heather Penney, Captain Brandon Rasmussen and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft.
The total number of active-duty four-star generals in the Air Force is limited to a fixed percentage of the number of Air Force general officers serving at all ranks. [ 32 ] Within the Air Force, the chief of staff ( CSAF ) and vice chief of staff ( VCSAF ) are four-star generals by statute.
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, 1969–1972. 8: Gen Russell E. Dougherty: 1 August 1974: 31 July 1977 (1920–2007) 9: Gen Richard H. Ellis: 1 August 1977: 31 July 1981 (1919–1989) Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, 1973–1975. Commander-in-Chief of The United States Air Forces in Europe 1975–1977. 10 ...
The Air Staff is headed by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force General David Allvin. The Air Staff is primarily composed of uniformed United States Air Force officials who assist the Chief of Staff in carrying out his dual-hatted role: as the principal military advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force, and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
David Wayne Allvin (born c. 1963) is a United States Air Force four-star general who has served as the 23rd chief of staff of the Air Force since 2 November 2023. [1] He most recently served as the 40th vice chief of staff of the Air Force from November 2020 to November 2023, and as acting chief of staff of the Air Force from September to November 2023.
Entries in the following list of lieutenant generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force or was promoted to four-star rank while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force.