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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.
Flag of an Air Force lieutenant general. The rank of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is the second-highest rank normally achievable in the United States Air Force, 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).
Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) in 2019 was reactivated as a three-star command from the merger of the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Air Forces, with Lieutenant General Timothy D. Haugh as its inaugural commander effective 11 October 2019.
During the Korean War the Far East Air Forces (FEAF) vice commander for operations, Major General Otto P. Weyland, was slated for a three-star job in the United States but Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt S. Vandenberg wanted Weyland to be promoted to lieutenant general while still in the war zone, so Vandenberg created the new three-star position ...
United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps: Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force and Space Force and United States Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General (DJAG) U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps: Major General Rebecca R. Vernon [72] Acting [73] U.S. Air Force: U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps
In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A lieutenant general ranks above a major general [ Note 1 ] and below a general .
The retired Air Force general announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump after the abrupt Friday night firing of his predecessor is a respected career F ...
It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below general of the Air Force (five-star general). There have been 237 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Air Force. Of these, 233 achieved that rank while on active duty, 3 were promoted after retirement, and one was promoted posthumously.