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For example, Lieutenant General Lee K. Levy II relinquished his three-star command in 2018, [323] but remained on active duty for over a year after his retirement ceremony in his permanent grade of major general [o] pending an investigation by the Air Force inspector general, [324] before being allowed to retire as a major general.
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.
All 66 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. Lieutenant generals entered the Air Force via several paths: 29 were commissioned via the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), 22 via Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) at a civilian university, eight via Air Force Officer Training School (OTS), three via direct ...
Transferred to U.S. Air Force all personnel in Army Air Forces, Air Corps, and General Headquarters Air Force. Act of August 7, 1947 [Officer Personnel Act of 1947] 61 Stat. 886: Assigned ex officio rank of lieutenant general to general officers serving in positions designated by the President to carry that rank.
Flag of an Army lieutenant general. The rank of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the United States Army, and the first to have a specified number of appointments set by statute. It ranks above major general (two-star general) and below general (four-star general).
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff render a salute during the departure ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base for former President Ronald Reagan, 11 June 2004.. There are currently 38 active-duty four-star officers in the uniformed services of the United States: 11 in the Army, three in the Marine Corps, eight in the Navy, 12 in the Air Force, three in the Space Force, one in the Coast Guard ...
Flag of an Army lieutenant general. The rank of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the United States Army, and the first to have a specific number of authorized positions for it set by statute. It ranks above major general (two-star general) and below general (four-star general).
U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps U.S. Air Force Reserve (AFR) Major General Mitchel Neurock [74] U.S. Air Force: United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps: Air National Guard Assistant to the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General (AF/JA) U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps Air National Guard (ANG ...