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■ 2007 USAF Almanac

How the Air Force Is Organized

There is considerable variation in how the major commands and subordinate units of the Air Force are organized. This overview describes both the typical organization chain and USAF’s Air and Space Expeditionary Force.

The Department of Defense (DOD) is a Cabinet agency headed by the Secretary of Defense. It was created in 1947 to consolidate pre-existing military agencies—the War Department and the Navy Department. Subordinate to DOD are the three military depart-ments (Army, Navy, and Air Force), each headed by a civilian secretary.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) constitute the corporate military leader-ship of DOD. The Chairman and vice chairman of the JCS serve full-time in their positions. The service chiefs are the military heads of their respective services, although JCS responsibilities take precedence.

The Department of the Air Force is headed by the Secretary of the Air Force, who is supported by a staff called the Secretariat. The Chief of Staff, USAF, heads the Air Staff, and the military heads of the major commands report to the Chief of Staff.

Most units of the Air Force are as-signed to one of the major commands. Major commands are headed by gen-eral officers and have broad functional responsibilities. Commands may be divided into numbered air forces.

The fundamental unit of the working Air Force is the wing. The typical Air Force base is built around a wing. Some

wings are commanded by a general officer, while others are headed by a colonel. An objective wing contains an operations group, which includes aircrews, intelligence units, and oth-ers; a maintenance group, which includes maintenance squadrons; a support group, which includes such functions as civil engineers, logistics readiness, and security forces; and a medical group.

Most individual officers and airmen are assigned to a squadron, which may be composed of several flights.

In addition to these units, there are numerous others, including centers, field operating agencies, and direct reporting units.

Air and Space Expeditionary ForceTo relieve chronic optempo problems

stemming from back-to-back deploy-ments and operations, the Air Force developed an expeditionary concept initially called the Expeditionary Aero-space Force. The term EAF has since been supplanted by the term Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF). The term AEF also refers to a basic organizational unit. USAF groups its power projection and support forces into 10 AEF “buckets of capability.” The 10 AEFs are grouped into five pairs. Initially, these five pairs of AEFs rotated through a 15-month cycle, with each pair assigned to one of five 90-day periods. In fall 2004, USAF revised its AEF arrangement, extending the cycles to 20 months, divided into five

120-day periods. The Air Force also incorporated its on-call forces into the standard AEF rotation.

During each 120-day period, a des-ignated pair of AEFs is vulnerable to deployment. Each AEF comprises com-bat air forces (CAF), mobility air forces (MAF), and low-density, high-demand (LD/HD) forces consisting of various active duty, ANG, and AFRC units.

USAF’s LD/HD forces include bat-tle management, combat search and rescue, command and control, and reconnaissance assets. They are in near constant use and, consequently, rotate more frequently than most CAF and MAF elements.

The new expeditionary system began with Cycle 1 in October 1999. Cycle 4, which began June 1, 2003, included two temporary stopgap AEFs, designated AEF Blue (June 1-Oct. 31, 2003) and AEF Silver (Nov. 1, 2003-Feb. 29, 2004), formed in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They mostly comprised forces not used in the war. During the Blue and Silver deployments, USAF was able to reconstitute its wartime forces for return to the standard rotation cycle. ■

The Air Force in FiguresFacts and

Structure of the Force

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The title General of the Army for Henry H. Arnold was changed to General of the Air Force by an act of Congress May 7, 1949. The position of Chief of Staff was established by a DOD-approved Army-Air Force Transfer Order issued Sept. 28, 1947.aThe Army Air Corps became a subordinate element of the Army Air Forces June 20, 1941. Since the Army Air Corps had been established by statute in 1926, its disestablish-ment required an Act of Congress, which did not take place until 1947. Between March 9, 1942, and Sept. 18, 1947, the Army Air Corps continued to exist as a combatant arm, and personnel of the Army Air Forces were still assigned to the Army Air Corps.

Designation

Aeronautical Division, US Signal CorpsAug. 1, 1907-July 18, 1914

Aviation Section, US Signal CorpsJuly 18, 1914-May 20, 1918

Division of Military Aeronautics, Secre-tary of WarMay 20, 1918-May 24, 1918

Army Air ServiceMay 24, 1918-July 2, 1926

Army Air Corps July 2, 1926-Sept. 18, 1947a

Army Air Forces June 20, 1941-Sept. 18, 1947

United States Air ForceSept. 18, 1947

Commander (at highest rank)

Chief, Aeronautical DivisionCapt. Charles deForest ChandlerCapt. Arthur S. CowanCapt. Charles deForest ChandlerMaj. Samuel Reber

Chief, Aviation SectionLt. Col. Samuel ReberLt. Col. George O. SquierLt. Col. John B. Bennet

Director of Military AeronauticsMaj. Gen. William L. Kenly(Kept same title three months into absorption by Air Service)

Director of Air ServiceJohn D. RyanMaj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher

Chief of Air ServiceMaj. Gen. Charles T. MenoherMaj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick

Chief of Air CorpsMaj. Gen. Mason M. PatrickMaj. Gen. James E. FechetMaj. Gen. Benjamin D. FouloisMaj. Gen. Oscar WestoverMaj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold

Chief, Army Air ForcesLt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold

Commanding General, AAFGen. of the Army Henry H. ArnoldGen. Carl A. Spaatz

Chief of Staff, USAFGen. Carl A. Spaatz

Dates of Service

Aug. 1, 1907-June 30, 1910 July 1, 1910-June 19, 1911June 20, 1911-Sept. 9, 1913Sept. 10, 1913-July 17, 1914

July 18, 1914-May 5, 1916May 20, 1916-Feb. 19, 1917 Feb. 19, 1917-May 20, 1918

May 20, 1918-August 1918

Aug. 28, 1918-Nov. 27, 1918 Jan. 2, 1919-June 4, 1920

June 4, 1920-Oct. 4, 1921 Oct. 5, 1921-July 2, 1926

July 2, 1926-Dec. 13, 1927 Dec. 14, 1927-Dec. 19, 1931 Dec. 20, 1931-Dec. 21, 1935 Dec. 22, 1935-Sept. 21, 1938 Sept. 29, 1938-June 20, 1941

June 20, 1941-March 9, 1942

March 9, 1942-Feb. 9, 1946 Feb. 9, 1946-Sept. 26, 1947

Sept. 26, 1947-April 29, 1948

The Nation’s Air Arm and Its Early Leaders

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USAF Leaders Through the Years

USAF Chiefs of Staff

Gen. Carl A. SpaatzGen. Hoyt S. VandenbergGen. Nathan F. TwiningGen. Thomas D. WhiteGen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. John P. McConnellGen. John D. RyanGen. George S. BrownGen. David C. JonesGen. Lew Allen Jr. Gen. Charles A. GabrielGen. Larry D. WelchGen. Michael J. DuganGen. John Michael Loh (acting)Gen. Merrill A. McPeakGen. Ronald R. FoglemanGen. Ralph E. Eberhart (acting)Gen. Michael E. RyanGen. John P. JumperGen. T. Michael Moseley

Sept. 26, 1947April 30, 1948June 30, 1953

July 1, 1957June 30, 1961

Feb. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1969Aug. 1, 1973July 1, 1974July 1, 1978July 1, 1982July 1, 1986July 1, 1990

Sept. 18, 1990Oct. 30, 1990Oct. 26, 1994Sept. 2, 1997Oct. 6, 1997

Sept. 6, 2001Sept. 2, 2005

April 29, 1948June 29, 1953June 30, 1957June 30, 1961Jan. 31, 1965July 31, 1969July 31, 1973

June 30, 1974June 20, 1978June 30, 1982June 30, 1986June 30, 1990Sept. 17, 1990Oct. 29, 1990Oct. 25, 1994Sept. 1, 1997Oct. 5, 1997

Sept. 6, 2001Sept. 2, 2005

Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force

CMSAF Paul W. AireyCMSAF Donald L. HarlowCMSAF Richard D. KislingCMSAF Thomas N. BarnesCMSAF Robert D. GaylorCMSAF James M. McCoyCMSAF Arthur L. AndrewsCMSAF Sam E. ParishCMSAF James C. BinnickerCMSAF Gary R. PfingstonCMSAF David J. CampanaleCMSAF Eric W. BenkenCMSAF Frederick J. FinchCMSAF Gerald R. MurrayCMSAF Rodney J. McKinley

April 3, 1967Aug. 1, 1969Oct. 1, 1971Oct. 1, 1973Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1979Aug. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1983July 1, 1986Aug. 1, 1990

Oct. 26, 1994Nov. 5, 1996

July 30, 1999July 1, 2002

June 30, 2006

July 31, 1969Sept. 30, 1971Sept. 30, 1973July 31, 1977July 31, 1979July 31, 1981July 31, 1983

June 30, 1986July 31, 1990Oct. 25, 1994Nov. 4, 1996

July 30, 1999July 1, 2002

June 30, 2006

Air Combat CommandJune 1, 1992

June 23, 1995Feb. 28, 1996April 5, 1996

June 11, 1999Feb. 8, 2000

Sept. 6, 2001Nov. 14, 2001Nov. 17, 2004

Feb. 6, 2005May 26, 2005

Gen. John Michael LohGen. Joseph W. RalstonLt. Gen. Brett M. Dula (acting)Gen. Richard E. HawleyGen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. John P. JumperLt. Gen. Donald G. Cook (acting)Gen. Hal M. HornburgLt. Gen. Bruce A. Wright (acting)Lt. Gen. William M. Fraser III (acting)Gen. Ronald E. Keys

June 22, 1995Feb. 27, 1996April 4, 1996

June 11, 1999Feb. 8, 2000

Sept. 6, 2001Nov. 14, 2001Nov. 17, 2004

Feb. 6, 2005May 26, 2005

USAF Vice Chiefs of Staff

April 28, 1948March 17, 1950

Oct. 9, 1950June 29, 1953June 30, 1957June 30, 1961June 30, 1962July 31, 1964Jan. 31, 1965May 31, 1966July 31, 1966July 31, 1968July 31, 1969April 30, 1972Oct. 31, 1973Aug. 18, 1975

March 31, 1978June 30, 1978Feb. 29, 1980May 31, 1982

Oct. 5, 1983July 31, 1984July 31, 1985Jan. 31, 1987May 24, 1990

March 25, 1991July 28, 1994July 11, 1997May 26, 1999April 17, 2000

Nov. 5, 2001Aug. 11, 2003Sept. 2, 2005

Oct. 10, 1947May 27, 1948May 22, 1950Oct. 10, 1950

June 30, 1953July 1, 1957July 1, 1961July 1, 1962Aug. 1, 1964

Feb. 19, 1965June 13, 1966

Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1969May 1, 1972Nov. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975April 1, 1978July 1, 1978

March 1, 1980June 1, 1982Oct. 6, 1983Aug. 1, 1984Aug. 1, 1985Feb. 1, 1987

May 25, 1990May 16, 1991July 29, 1994July 11, 1997May 27, 1999April 17, 2000

Nov. 5, 2001Aug. 12, 2003Sept. 2, 2005

Gen. Hoyt S. VandenbergGen. Muir S. FairchildLt. Gen. Lauris Norstad (acting)Gen. Nathan F. TwiningGen. Thomas D. WhiteGen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. Frederic H. Smith Jr.Gen. Willliam F. McKeeGen. John P. McConnellGen. William H. BlanchardLt. Gen. Hewitt T. Wheless (acting)Gen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. John D. RyanGen. John C. MeyerGen. Horace M. WadeGen. Richard H. EllisGen. William V. McBrideGen. Lew Allen Jr.Gen. James A. HillGen. Robert C. MathisGen. Jerome F. O’MalleyGen. Lawrence A. SkantzeGen. Larry D. WelchGen. John L. PiotrowskiGen. Monroe W. Hatch Jr.Gen. John Michael LohGen. Michael P.C. CarnsGen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr.Gen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. Lester L. LylesGen. John W. HandyGen. Robert H. FoglesongGen. T. Michael MoseleyGen. John D.W. Corley

Secretaries of the Air Force

Stuart SymingtonThomas K. FinletterHarold E. TalbottDonald A. QuarlesJames H. Douglas Jr.Dudley C. SharpEugene M. ZuckertHarold BrownRobert C. Seamans Jr.John L. McLucas (acting)John L. McLucasJames W. Plummer (acting)Thomas C. ReedJohn C. StetsonHans Mark (acting)Hans MarkVerne OrrRussell A. RourkeEdward C. Aldridge Jr. (acting)Edward C. Aldridge Jr.James F. McGovern (acting)John J. Welch Jr. (acting)Donald B. RiceMichael B. Donley (acting)Gen. Merrill A. McPeak (acting)Sheila E. WidnallF. Whitten Peters (acting)F. Whitten PetersLawrence J. Delaney (acting)James G. RochePeter B. Teets (acting) Michael L. Dominguez (acting)Preston M. Geren (acting)Michael W. Wynne

Sept. 18, 1947April 24, 1950

Feb. 4, 1953Aug. 15, 1955

May 1, 1957Dec. 11, 1959Jan. 24, 1961

Oct. 1, 1965Feb. 15, 1969May 15, 1973July 18, 1973Nov. 24, 1975

Jan. 2, 1976April 6, 1977

May 18, 1979July 26, 1979Feb. 9, 1981Dec. 9, 1985April 8, 1986June 9, 1986

Dec. 16, 1988April 29, 1989May 22, 1989Jan. 20, 1993July 14, 1993Aug. 6, 1993Nov. 1, 1997

July 30, 1999Jan. 20, 2001 June 1, 2001Jan. 20, 2005

March 25, 2005July 29, 2005Nov. 3, 2005

April 24, 1950Jan. 20, 1953Aug. 13, 1955April 30, 1957Dec. 10, 1959Jan. 20, 1961

Sept. 30, 1965Feb. 15, 1969May 14, 1973July 18, 1973Nov. 23, 1975

Jan. 1, 1976April 6, 1977

May 18, 1979July 26, 1979Feb. 9, 1981

Nov. 30, 1985April 7, 1986June 8, 1986

Dec. 16, 1988April 29, 1989May 21, 1989Jan. 20, 1993July 13, 1993Aug. 5, 1993

Oct. 31, 1997July 30, 1999Jan. 20, 2001June 1, 2001Jan. 20, 2005

March 25, 2005July 29, 2005Nov. 3, 2005

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Established March 21, 1946. Reassigned to Continental Air Command (1948). Discontinued July 1, 1950. Re-established as a major command and organized Jan. 1, 1951. Redesignated Aerospace Defense Command Jan. 15, 1968. In-activated March 31, 1980.

Air (Aerospace) Defense Command

Lt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerMaj. Gen. Gordon P. SavilleLt. Gen. Ennis C. WhiteheadGen. Benjamin W. ChidlawMaj. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr. (acting)Gen. Earle E. PartridgeLt. Gen. Joseph H. AtkinsonLt. Gen. Robert M. LeeMaj. Gen. Robert H. Terrill (acting)Lt. Gen. Herbert B. ThatcherLt. Gen. Arthur C. Agan Jr.Lt. Gen. Thomas K. McGeheeGen. Seth J. McKeeGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr.Gen. Daniel James Jr.Gen. James E. HillGen. James V. Hartinger

Nov. 30, 1948Sept. 1, 1949

Aug. 24, 1951May 31, 1955July 19, 1955

Sept. 16, 1956Feb. 28, 1961

July 5, 1963July 31, 1963July 31, 1967Feb. 28, 1970June 30, 1973Sept. 30, 1973Aug. 31, 1975Dec. 6, 1977

Dec. 31, 1979March 31, 1980

March 27, 1946Dec. 1, 1948Jan. 1, 1951

Aug. 25, 1951June 1, 1955July 20, 1955

Sept. 17, 1956March 1, 1961

July 6, 1963Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1967

March 1, 1970July 1, 1973Oct. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975Dec. 6, 1977Jan. 1, 1980

Air Force Communications Command

Formerly Air Force Communications Service. Redesignated Air Force Commu-nications Command Nov. 15, 1979. Redesignated Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency, an FOA, July 1, 1991.

Feb. 15, 1962June 30, 1965Oct. 18, 1965

July 2, 1967Aug. 1, 1969

Oct. 31, 1973Aug. 24, 1975Oct. 31, 1977

June 21, 1979July 27, 1981June 1, 1984

Aug. 28, 1986March 29, 1988

May 16, 1989Nov. 9, 1990July 1, 1991

July 1, 1961Feb. 16, 1962

July 1, 1965Oct. 19, 1965July 15, 1967Aug. 1, 1969Nov. 1, 1973

Aug. 25, 1975Nov. 1, 1977

June 22, 1979July 27, 1981June 1, 1984

Aug. 28, 1986March 29, 1988

May 16, 1989Nov. 9, 1990

Maj. Gen. Harold W. GrantMaj. Gen. Kenneth P. BergquistMaj. Gen. J. Francis Taylor (acting)Maj. Gen. Richard P. KlockoMaj. Gen. Robert W. PaulsonMaj. Gen. Paul R. StoneyMaj. Gen. Donald L. WerbeckMaj. Gen. Rupert H. BurrisMaj. Gen. Robert E. SadlerMaj. Gen. Robert T. HerresMaj. Gen. Robert F. McCarthyMaj. Gen. Gerald L. PratherMaj. Gen. John T. StihlMaj. Gen. James S. Cassity Jr.Maj. Gen. Robert H. LudwigMaj. Gen. John S. Fairfield

See Electronic Security Command.

Air Force Intelligence Command

June 1, 1993Oct. 1, 1993

Maj. Gen. Gary W. O’ShaughnessyMaj. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan

Oct. 1, 1991June 2, 1993

Organized as AAF Materiel and Services July 17, 1944. Redesignated AAF Technical Service Command Aug. 31, 1944. Redesignated Air Technical Ser-vice Command July 1, 1945. Redesignated Air Materiel Command March 9, 1946. Redesignated Air Force Logistics Command April 1, 1961. Inactivated July 1, 1992.

Air Force Logistics Command

Lt. Gen. Nathan F. TwiningGen. Joseph T. McNarneyLt. Gen. Benjamin W. ChidlawGen. Edwin W. RawlingsLt. Gen. William F. McKee (acting)Gen. Samuel E. AndersonGen. William F. McKeeGen. Mark E. Bradley Jr.Gen. Kenneth B. HobsonGen. Thomas P. GerrityLt. Gen. Lewis L. Mundell (acting)Gen. Jack G. MerrellGen. Jack J. CattonGen. William V. McBrideGen. F. Michael RogersGen. Bryce Poe IIGen. James P. MullinsGen. Earl T. O’LoughlinGen. Alfred G. HansenGen. Charles C. McDonald

Oct. 13, 1947Aug. 31, 1949Aug. 20, 1951Feb. 28, 1959

March 14, 1959July 31, 1961

June 30, 1962July 31, 1965July 31, 1967Feb. 24, 1968

March 28, 1968Sept. 11, 1972Aug. 31, 1974Aug. 31, 1975Jan. 31, 1978July 31, 1981Nov. 1, 1984

July 31, 1987Oct. 31, 1989

July 1, 1992

March 9, 1946Oct. 14, 1947Sept. 1, 1949Aug. 21, 1951March 1, 1959

March 15, 1959Aug. 1, 1961July 1, 1962Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1967

Feb. 24, 1968March 29, 1968Sept. 12, 1972

Sept. 1, 1974Sept. 1, 1975Feb. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1981Nov. 1, 1984

July 31, 1987Oct. 31, 1989

Air Force Materiel Command

Gen. Ronald W. YatesGen. Henry Viccellio Jr.Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Eickmann (acting)Gen. George T. Babbitt Jr.Gen. Lester L. LylesGen. Gregory S. MartinGen. Bruce Carlson

June 30, 1995May 9, 1997

May 29, 1997April 20, 2000Aug. 22, 2003Aug. 19, 2005

July 1, 1992June 30, 1995

May 9, 1997May 29, 1997April 20, 2000Aug. 22, 2003Aug. 19, 2005

Established as Army Air Corps Flying Training Command Jan. 23, 1942. Redes-ignated AAF Flying Training Command March 1942, then AAF Training Command July 31, 1943. Redesignated ATC July 1, 1946. Redesignated AETC July 1, 1993.

Air Education and Training Command

Lt. Gen. John K. CannonLt. Gen. Robert W. HarperMaj. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus (acting)Lt. Gen. Charles T. MyersLt. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr.Lt. Gen. James E. BriggsLt. Gen. Robert W. BurnsLt. Gen. William W. MomyerLt. Gen. Sam Maddux Jr.Lt. Gen. George B. SimlerLt. Gen. William V. McBrideLt. Gen. George H. McKeeGen. John W. RobertsGen. Bennie L. DavisGen. Thomas M. Ryan Jr.Gen. Andrew P. IosueLt. Gen. John A. ShaudLt. Gen. Robert C. OaksLt. Gen. Joseph W. AshyGen. Henry Viccellio Jr.Gen. Billy J. BolesGen. Lloyd W. NewtonGen. Hal M. HornburgLt. Gen. John D. Hopper Jr. (acting)Gen. Donald G. CookGen. William R. Looney III

Oct. 13, 1948June 30, 1954July 25, 1954July 31, 1958July 31, 1959July 31, 1963Aug. 10, 1964June 30, 1966Aug. 30, 1970Sept. 9, 1972Aug. 31, 1974Aug. 28, 1975April 1, 1979

July 28, 1981June 22, 1983Aug. 27, 1986June 5, 1988

June 24, 1990Dec. 9, 1992

June 19, 1995March�17, 1997

June 22, 2000Nov. 14, 2001Dec. 17, 2001June 17, 2005

April 13, 1946Oct. 14, 1948

July 1, 1954July 26, 1954Aug. 1, 1958Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1963

Aug. 11, 1964July 1, 1966

Sept. 1, 1970Sept. 9, 1972Sept. 1, 1974Aug. 29, 1975April 1, 1979

July 29, 1981June 23, 1983Aug. 28, 1986June 6, 1988

June 25, 1990Dec. 10, 1992June 20, 1995

March 17, 1997June 22, 2000Nov. 14, 2001Dec. 17, 2001June 17, 2005

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Sept. 1, 1982July 30, 1984

Oct. 1, 1986Oct. 29, 1987

March 29, 1990March 23, 1992

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000April 19, 2002

April 1, 2006June 26, 2006

Gen. James V. HartingerGen. Robert T. HerresMaj. Gen. Maurice C. PaddenLt. Gen. Donald J. KutynaLt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr.Gen. Donald J. KutynaGen. Charles A. HornerGen. Joseph W. AshyGen. Howell M. Estes IIIGen. Richard B. MyersGen. Ralph E. EberhartGen. Lance W. LordLt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz (acting)Gen. Kevin P. Chilton

July 30, 1984Oct. 1, 1986

Oct. 29, 1987March 29, 1990March 23, 1992

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000April 19, 2002

April 1, 2006June 26, 2006

Air Force Space Command

Air Force Special Operations Command

Maj. Gen. Thomas E. EggersMaj. Gen. Bruce L. FisterMaj. Gen. James L. Hobson Jr.Maj. Gen. Charles R. HollandLt. Gen. Maxwell C. BaileyLt. Gen. Paul V. HesterLt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley

May 22, 1990June 30, 1991July 22, 1994

July 9, 1997Aug. 5, 1999

Jan. 16, 2002July 1, 2004

June 30, 1991July 22, 1994

July 9, 1997Aug. 5, 1999

Jan. 16, 2002July 1, 2004

Air Force Systems Command

Formerly Air Research and Development Command. Redesignated Air Force Systems Command April 1, 1961. Inactivated July 1, 1992.

Maj. Gen. David M. SchlatterLt. Gen. Earle E. PartridgeLt. Gen. Donald L. PuttLt. Gen. Thomas S. PowerMaj. Gen. John W. Sessums (acting)Lt. Gen. Samuel E. AndersonMaj. Gen. John W. Sessums (acting)Gen. Bernard A. SchrieverGen. James FergusonGen. George S. BrownGen. Samuel C. PhillipsGen. William J. EvansGen. Lew Allen Jr.Gen. Alton D. SlayGen. Robert T. MarshGen. Lawrence A. SkantzeGen. Bernard P. RandolphGen. Ronald W. Yates

Feb. 1, 1950June 24, 1951June 30, 1953April 15, 1954

July 1, 1957Aug. 1, 1957

March 10, 1959April 25, 1959Sept. 1, 1966Sept. 1, 1970Aug. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975Aug. 1, 1977

March 14, 1978Feb. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1984

July 17, 1987April 1, 1990

June 24, 1951June 20, 1953April 14, 1954June 30, 1957July 31, 1957

March 9, 1959April 24, 1959Aug. 31, 1966Aug. 30, 1970July 31, 1973Aug. 31, 1975July 31, 1977

March 13, 1978Feb. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1984

July 17, 1987April 1, 1990July 1, 1992

Air Force Reserve Command

Jan. 26, 1972March 15, 1972

April 8, 1975April 16, 1979Oct. 31, 1982Oct. 31, 1986Oct. 31, 1990Oct. 31, 1994June 9, 1998

Sept. 25, 1998June 1, 2004

June 24, 2004

Aug. 1, 1968Jan. 27, 1972

March 16, 1972April 16, 1975April 17, 1979

Nov. 1, 1982Nov. 1, 1986Nov. 1, 1990Nov. 1, 1994June 9, 1998

Sept. 25, 1998June 1, 2004

June 24, 2004

Maj. Gen. Rollin B. Moore Jr.Brig. Gen. Alfred Verhulst (acting)Maj. Gen. Homer I. LewisMaj. Gen. William LyonMaj. Gen. Richard BodycombeMaj. Gen. Sloan R. GillMaj. Gen. Roger P. ScheerMaj. Gen. John J. Closner IIIMaj. Gen. Robert A. McIntoshMaj. Gen. David R. Smith (acting)Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard IIIMaj. Gen. J.J. Batbie Jr. (acting)Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley

Formerly Air Force Reserve, AFRC became a major command Feb. 17, 1997.

Air University

May 17, 1948Oct. 15, 1948July 27, 1951Feb. 28, 1953April 14, 1953May 31, 1955

June 30, 1958July 31, 1961Dec. 31, 1963July 31, 1965July 31, 1968July 31, 1970Oct. 31, 1973Aug. 31, 1975

July 1, 1979July 24, 1981Aug. 1, 1984Nov. 6, 1986

July 12, 1988Oct. 6, 1989Jan. 4, 1990

Oct. 26, 1992June 30, 1993

March 15, 1946May 17, 1948Oct. 16, 1948July 28, 1951

March 1, 1953April 15, 1953June 1, 1955July 15, 1958Aug. 1, 1961Jan. 1, 1964Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1970Nov. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975July 1, 1979

July 24, 1981Aug. 1, 1984Nov. 6, 1986

July 12, 1988Oct. 6, 1989Jan. 4, 1990

Oct. 27, 1992

Maj. Gen. Muir S. FairchildMaj. Gen. Robert W. HarperGen. George C. KenneyLt. Gen. Idwal H. EdwardsMaj. Gen. John DeF. Barker (acting)Lt. Gen. Laurence S. KuterLt. Gen. Dean C. StrotherLt. Gen. Walter E. ToddLt. Gen. Troup Miller Jr.Lt. Gen. Ralph P. Swofford Jr.Lt. Gen. John W. Carpenter IIILt. Gen. Albert P. ClarkLt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem IILt. Gen. F. Michael RogersLt. Gen. Raymond B. FurlongLt. Gen. Stanley M. UmsteadLt. Gen. Charles G. ClevelandLt. Gen. Thomas C. RichardsLt. Gen. Truman SpangrudLt. Gen. Ralph E. HavensMaj. Gen. David C. ReedLt. Gen. Charles G. BoydLt. Gen. Jay W. Kelley

Established as AAF School of Applied Tactics Oct. 16, 1943 (assumed history of Air Services School, dating from 1920). Redesignated AAF School June 1, 1945. Given Majcom status Nov. 29, 1945. Redesignated AU May 12, 1946. Part of ATC between May 1978 and July 1983. Ceased to be a Majcom and was assigned to AETC July 1, 1993.

Air Proving Ground Command

Designated a center December 1957.

August 1948June 1950July 1952April 1955July 1957

Maj. Gen. Carl A. BrandtMaj. Gen. William E. KepnerMaj. Gen. Bryant L. BoatnerMaj. Gen. Patrick W. TimberlakeMaj. Gen. Robert W. Burns

October 1946August 1948

July 1950July 1952

August 1955

Air National Guard

October 1948Sept. 25, 1950

Jan. 4, 1954Aug. 5, 1962

April 19, 1974Jan. 31, 1977April 1, 1981Nov. 1, 1988

Jan. 28, 1994Jan. 28, 1998Dec. 3, 2001June 3, 2002May 20, 2006

Nov. 28, 1945October 1948Oct. 13, 1950Jan. 26, 1954Aug. 6, 1962

April 20, 1974Feb. 1, 1977April 1, 1981Nov. 1, 1988

Jan. 28, 1994Jan. 28, 1998Dec. 3, 2001June 3, 2002May 20, 2006

Col. William A.R. RobertsonMaj. Gen. George G. FinchMaj. Gen. Earl T. RicksMaj. Gen. Winston P. WilsonMaj. Gen. I.G. BrownMaj. Gen. John J. PeschMaj. Gen. John T. GuiceMaj. Gen. John B. ConawayMaj. Gen. Philip G. KilleyMaj. Gen. Donald W. ShepperdMaj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver Jr.Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker (acting)Lt. Gen. Daniel James IIILt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley

Air Mobility Command

Gen. Hansford T. JohnsonGen. Ronald R. FoglemanGen. Robert L. RutherfordGen. Walter KrossGen. Charles T. Robertson Jr.Gen. John W. HandyLt. Gen. Christopher A. Kelly (acting) Gen. Duncan J. McNabb

Aug. 22, 1992Oct. 17, 1994July 15, 1996Aug. 3, 1998Nov. 5, 2001

Sept. 7, 2005Oct. 14, 2005

June 1, 1992Aug. 23, 1992Oct. 18, 1994July 15, 1996Aug. 3, 1998Nov. 5, 2001

Sept. 7, 2005 Oct. 14, 2005

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Activated as Alaskan Air Force (1942). Redesignated Eleventh Air Force (1942). Redesignated Alaskan Air Command (1945). Redesignated 11th Air Force Aug. 9, 1990, under PACAF.

Alaskan Air Command

Feb. 25, 1949Dec. 27, 1950Oct. 14, 1952Feb. 26, 1953

Feb. 1, 1956Feb. 24, 1956July 16, 1956Oct. 23, 1956

June 27, 1957Aug. 18, 1957Aug. 13, 1958July 19, 1961July 25, 1961Aug. 8, 1963

Aug. 14, 1963Nov. 14, 1966July 24, 1969July 31, 1972June 5, 1973

March 2, 1974March 18, 1974

June 30, 1975Oct. 14, 1976

June 30, 1978April 1, 1981

Aug. 31, 1983Sept. 26, 1985May 22, 1988Aug. 9, 1990

Brig. Gen. Joseph H. AtkinsonBrig. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.Maj. Gen. William D. OldBrig. Gen. W.R. AgeeMaj. Gen. George R. AchesonBrig. Gen. T. Alan Bennett (acting)Lt. Gen. Joseph H. AtkinsonMaj. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.Maj. Gen. James H. DaviesLt. Gen. Frank A. Armstrong Jr.Brig. Gen. Kenneth H. GibsonMaj. Gen. C.F. NecrasonBrig. Gen. Jack A. Gibbs (acting)Maj. Gen. Wendell W. BowmanCol. Alfred Walton (acting)Maj. Gen. James C. JensenMaj. Gen. Thomas E. MooreMaj. Gen. Joseph A. CunninghamMaj. Gen. Donavon F. SmithMaj. Gen. Charles W. Carson Jr.Col. David T. Stockman (acting)Maj. Gen. Jack K. GambleLt. Gen. James E. HillLt. Gen. M.L. BoswellLt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott Jr.Lt. Gen. Lynwood E. ClarkLt. Gen. Bruce K. BrownLt. Gen. David L. NicholsLt. Gen. Thomas G. McInerney

Oct. 1, 1946Feb. 26, 1949Dec. 27, 1950Oct. 27, 1952Feb. 26, 1953

Feb. 1, 1956Feb. 24, 1956July 17, 1956Oct. 24, 1956

June 28, 1957Aug. 19, 1957Aug. 14, 1958July 20, 1961July 26, 1961Aug. 9, 1963

Aug. 15, 1963Nov. 15, 1966July 25, 1969Aug. 1, 1972

June 18, l973March 3, 1974

March 19, 1974July 1, 1975

Oct. 15, 1976July 1, 1978April 1, 1981Sept. 1, 1983

Sept. 27, 1985May 22, 1988

Continental Air Command

Established Dec. 1, 1948. Inactivated Aug. 1, 1968.

Lt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerLt. Gen. Ennis C. WhiteheadMaj. Gen. Willis H. HaleLt. Gen. Leon W. JohnsonLt. Gen. Charles B. Stone IIILt. Gen. William E. HallLt. Gen. Gordon A. BlakeLt. Gen. Edward J. TimberlakeLt. Gen. Henry Viccellio Sr.

Dec. 1, 1948April 15, 1949Dec. 14, 1950Feb. 18, 1952Dec. 15, 1955

July 1, 1957Sept. 30, 1961

July 1, 1962Aug. 1, 1966

April 15, 1949Dec. 14, 1950Feb. 18, 1952Dec. 14, 1955June 30, 1957Sept. 30, 1961June 30, 1962

July 1966Aug. 1, 1968

Electronic Security Command

Formerly USAF Security Service. Redesignated: Electronic Security Command Aug. 1, 1979; Air Force Intelligence Command Oct. 1, 1991; Air Intelligence Agency, Oct. 1, 1993.

July 5, 1949Feb. 21, 1951Feb. 13, 1953

Jan. 3, 1957Aug. 5, 1959

Sept. 20, 1959Aug. 31, 1962Oct. 15, 1965July 18, 1969Feb. 23, 1973May 16, 1974July 31, 1975Jan. 18, 1979July 31, 1983April 16, 1985Aug. 14, 1989

Oct. 1, 1991

Oct. 26, 1948July 6, 1949

Feb. 22, 1951Feb. 14, 1953

Jan. 4, 1957Aug. 6, 1959

Sept. 21, 1959Sept. 1, 1962Oct. 16, 1965July 19, 1969Feb. 24, 1973May 17, 1974Aug. 1, 1975

Jan. 19, 1979Aug. 1, 1983

April 17, 1985Aug. 15, 1989

Col. Roy H. Lynn Col. Travis M. HetheringtonMaj. Gen. Roy H. LynnMaj. Gen. Harold H. BassettMaj. Gen. Gordon L. BlakeMaj. Gen. John B. AckermanMaj. Gen. Millard LewisMaj. Gen. Richard P. KlockoMaj. Gen. Louis E. CoiraMaj. Gen. Carl W. StapletonMaj. Gen. Walter T. GalliganMaj. Gen. Howard P. SmithMaj. Gen. Kenneth D. BurnsMaj. Gen. Doyle E. LarsonMaj. Gen. John B. MarksMaj. Gen. Paul H. MartinMaj. Gen. Gary W. O’Shaughnessy

Pacific Air Command/Seventh Air Force

Formerly Seventh Air Force. Redesignated Pacific Air Command Dec. 15, 1947. Discontinued June 1, 1949.

Maj. Gen. Ralph H. WootenBrig. Gen. Robert F. Travis

Aug. 31, 1948June 1, 1949

April 1947Sept. 1, 1948

Northeast Air Command

Maj. Gen. Lyman P. WhittenMaj. Gen. Charles T. MyersLt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus

Oct. 6, 1950March 14, 1952

July 26, 1954

March 14, 1952July 26, 1954

March 31, 1957

Newfoundland Base Command, part of Military Air Transport Service, reorga-nized and redesignated Northeast Air Command, a new major command, Oct. 1, 1950. Inactivated March 31, 1957.

Military Airlift Command

Maj. Gen. Robert W. HarperLt. Gen. Laurence S. KuterLt. Gen. Joseph SmithLt. Gen. William H. TunnerGen. Joe W. Kelly Jr.Gen. Howell M. Estes Jr.Gen. Jack J. CattonLt. Gen. Jay T. Robbins (acting)Gen. Paul K. CarltonGen. William G. Moore Jr.Gen. Robert E. HuyserGen. James R. AllenGen. Thomas M. Ryan Jr.Gen. Duane H. CassidyGen. Hansford T. Johnson

June 1, 1948Oct. 28, 1951

June 30, 1958May 31, 1960July 18, 1964July 31, 1969

Sept. 12, 1972Sept. 25, 1972

March 31, 1977June 30, 1979June 26, 1981June 30, 1983Sept. 19, 1985Sept. 20, 1989

June 1, 1992

July 1, 1947June 1, 1948

Nov. 15, 1951July 1, 1958

June 1, 1960July 19, 1964Aug. 1, 1969

Sept. 12, 1972Sept. 26, 1972

April 1, 1977July 1, 1979

June 26, 1981July 1, 1983

Sept. 20, 1985Sept. 20, 1989

Antecedents: AAC Ferrying Command (1941); AAF Ferrying Command (1942); Air Transport Command (1942, inactivated June 1, 1948). Military Air Transport Service established June 1, 1948. Redesignated Military Airlift Command Jan. 1, 1966. In 1982, the inactivated Air Transport Command was consolidated with MAC. Inactivated June 1, 1992.

Headquarters Command

Established as Bolling Field Command (1946). Redesignated Headquarters Command, USAF, March 17, 1958. Inactivated in 1976.

Brig. Gen. Burton M. HoveyBrig. Gen. Sydney D. GrubbsBrig. Gen. Morris J. LeeBrig. Gen. Stoyte O. RossMaj. Gen. Reuben C. Hood Jr. Maj. Gen. Brooke E. AllenMaj. Gen. Rollen H. AnthisMaj. Gen. Milton B. AdamsMaj. Gen. Nils O. OhmanMaj. Gen. John L. LockeMaj. Gen. Maurice R. ReillyMaj. Gen. William C. Norris

Jan. 3, 1946Dec. 14, 1948

Oct. 2, 1950June 14, 1952

Aug. 1, 1956Aug. 3, 1959

Jan. 10, 1966Dec. 1, 1967July 5, 1968May 1, 1972

Feb. 26, 1974Sept. 1, 1975

Dec. 13, 1948Oct. 1, 1950

June 13, 1952July 4, 1956

June 30, 1959Dec. 31, 1965Nov. 30, 1967June 30, 1968April 30, 1972Feb. 25, 1974August 1975

June 30, 1976

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Strategic Air Command

Gen. George C. KenneyGen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. Thomas S. PowerGen. John D. RyanGen. Joseph J. NazzaroGen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. John C. MeyerGen. Russell E. DoughertyGen. Richard H. EllisGen. Bennie L. DavisGen. Larry D. WelchGen. John T. ChainGen. George L. Butler

Oct. 18, 1948June 30, 1957Nov. 30, 1964Jan. 31, 1967July 28, 1968April 30, 1972July 31, 1974July 31, 1977July 31, 1981July 31, 1985

June 30, 1986Jan. 31, 1991June 1, 1992

March 21, 1946Oct. 19, 1948

July 1, 1957Dec. 1, 1964Feb. 1, 1967

July 29, 1968May 1, 1972Aug. 1, 1974Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1985July 1, 1986Feb. 1, 1991

Established as Continental Air Forces Dec. 13, 1944. Redesignated Strategic Air Command March 21, 1946. Inactivated June 1, 1992.

Tactical Air Command

Established March 21, 1946. Reassigned to Continental Air Command (1948). Removed from CAC and returned to major command status Dec. 1, 1950. Inacti-vated June 1, 1992.

Lt. Gen. Elwood R. QuesadaMaj. Gen. Robert M. LeeMaj. Gen. Glenn O. BarcusGen. John K. CannonGen. Otto P. WeylandGen. Frank F. EverestGen. Walter C. Sweeney Jr.Gen. Gabriel P. DisoswayGen. William W. MomyerGen. Robert J. DixonGen. W.L. CreechGen. Jerome F. O’MalleyGen. Robert D. RussGen. John Michael Loh

March 21, 1946Dec. 24, 1948July 17, 1950Jan. 25, 1951April 1, 1954Aug. 1, 1959Oct. 1, 1961Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1968Oct. 1, 1973May 1, 1978Nov. 1, 1984

May 22, 1985March 27, 1991

Nov. 23, 1948June 20, 1950Jan. 25, 1951

March 31, 1954July 31, 1959

Sept. 30, 1961July 31, 1965July 31, 1968

Sept. 30, 1973April 30, 1978

Nov. 1, 1984April 20, 1985

March 26, 1991June 1, 1992

Activated as 8th Air Force (1942). Redesignated Eighth Air Force Sept. 18, 1942. Redesignated US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (1944). Redesignated USAFE Aug. 7, 1945.

US Air Forces in Europe

Brig. Gen. John F. McBlain (acting)Lt. Gen. Curtis E. LeMayLt. Gen. John K. CannonGen. Lauris NorstadLt. Gen. William H. TunnerGen. Frank F. EverestGen. Frederic H. Smith Jr.Gen. Truman H. LandonGen. Gabriel P. DisoswayGen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. Maurice A. PrestonGen. Horace M. WadeGen. Joseph R. HolzappleGen. David C. JonesGen. John W. VogtGen. Richard H. EllisGen. William J. EvansGen. John W. PaulyGen. Charles A. GabrielGen. Billy M. MinterGen. Charles L. Donnelly Jr.Gen. William L. KirkGen. Michael J. DuganGen. Robert C. OaksGen. James L. JamersonGen. Richard E. HawleyGen. Michael E. RyanLt. Gen. William J. Begert (acting)Gen. John P. JumperGen. Gregory S. MartinGen. Robert H. Foglesong Gen. William T. Hobbins

Oct. 20, 1947Oct. 15, 1948Jan. 20, 1951July 26, 1953

June 30, 1957July 31, 1959

June 30, 1961July 31, 1963July 31, 1965July 31, 1966July 31, 1968Jan. 31, 1969Aug. 31, 1971June 30, 1974Aug. 31, 1975July 31, 1977Aug. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1980

June 30, 1982Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987

April 12, 1989June 26, 1990July 29, 1994July 16, 1995April 4, 1996Oct. 5, 1997Dec. 5, 1997

Jan. 13, 2000Aug. 12, 2003Dec. 6, 2005

Aug. 14, 1947Oct. 20, 1947Oct. 16, 1948Jan. 21, 1951July 27, 1953

July 1, 1957Aug. 1, 1959July 1, 1961Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1968Feb. 1, 1969

Sept. 1, 1971July 1, 1974

Sept. 1, 1975Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1980July 1, 1982Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987

April 12, 1989June 26, 1990July 29, 1994July 17, 1995April 4, 1996Oct. 6, 1997Dec. 5, 1997

Jan. 13, 2000Aug. 12, 2003Dec. 6, 2005

Activated as Panama Canal Air Force (1940). Redesignated Caribbean Air Force (1941). Redesignated 6th Air Force Feb. 5, 1942, then Sixth Air Force Sept. 18, 1942. Redesignated Caribbean Air Command July 31, 1946. Redesignated US Air Forces Southern Command July 8, 1963. Inactivated Jan. 1, 1976.

US Air Forces Southern Command/Caribbean

Maj. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon Brig. Gen. Glen C. Jamison (acting)Maj. Gen. Willis H. HaleBrig. Gen. Rosenham BeamBrig. Gen. Emil C. KielMaj. Gen. Reuben C. Hood Jr. Maj. Gen. Truman H. LandonMaj. Gen. Leland S. StranathanMaj. Gen. Robert A. BreitweiserMaj. Gen. Reginald J. ClizbeMaj. Gen. Kenneth O. SanbornMaj. Gen. Arthur G. SalisburyMaj. Gen. James M. Breedlove

Oct. 3, 1947Nov. 12, 1947Oct. 19, 1949Nov. 5, 1950

June 10, 1953June 16, 1956

June 1, 1959Sept. 8, 1963July 9, 1966

June 14, 1968April 7, 1972

October 1974Jan. 1, 1976

July 31, 1946Oct. 4, 1947

Nov. 13, 1947Oct. 20, 1949Nov. 6, 1950

June 11, 1953June 20, 1956

Aug. 3, 1959Sept. 11, 1963

Aug. 6, 1966June 14, 1968

April 7, 1972October 1974

USAF Academy Superintendents

Lt. Gen. Hubert R. HarmonMaj. Gen. James E. BriggsMaj. Gen. William S. StoneMaj. Gen. Robert H. WarrenLt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Sr.Lt. Gen. Albert P. ClarkLt. Gen. James R. AllenLt. Gen. Kenneth L. TallmanMaj. Gen. Robert E. KelleyLt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott Jr.Lt. Gen. Charles R. HammLt. Gen. Bradley C. HosmerLt. Gen. Paul E. SteinLt. Gen. Tad J. OelstromLt. Gen. John R. DallagerLt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr.Lt. Gen. John F. Regni

July 27, 1954July 28, 1956Aug. 17, 1959

July 1, 1962July 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1970Aug. 1, 1974

June 28, 1977June 16, 1981June 16, 1983June 26, 1987

July 1, 1991July 8, 1994Aug. 1, 1997June 9, 2000June 1, 2003Oct. 24, 2005

July 27, 1956Aug. 16, 1959June 30, 1962June 30, 1965July 31, 1970July 31, 1974

June 27, 1977June 15, 1981June 15, 1983June 25, 1987

July 1, 1991July 7, 1994

July 31, 1997June 9, 2000June 1, 2003Oct. 24, 2005

Pacific Air Forces

Lt. Gen. Ennis C. WhiteheadLt. Gen. George E. StratemeyerLt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge (acting)Gen. Otto P. WeylandGen. Earle E. PartridgeGen. Laurence S. KuterGen. Emmett O’Donnell Jr. Gen. Jacob E. SmartGen. Hunter Harris Jr.Gen. John D. RyanGen. Joseph J. NazzaroGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr.Gen. John W. VogtGen. Louis L. Wilson Jr.Lt. Gen. James A. HillLt. Gen. James D. HughesLt. Gen. Arnold W. BraswellGen. Jerome F. O’MalleyGen. Robert W. BazleyGen. Jack I. GregoryGen. Merrill A. McPeakLt. Gen. James B. DavisGen. Jimmie V. AdamsGen. Robert L. RutherfordGen. John G. LorberGen. Richard B. MyersGen. Patrick K. GambleLt. Gen. Lansford E. Trapp (acting)Gen. William J. BegertGen. Paul V. Hester

April 25, 1949May 20, 1951June 9, 1951

March 25, 1954May 31, 1955July 31, 1959July 31, 1963July 31, 1964Jan. 31, 1967July 31, 1968July 31, 1971

Sept. 30, 1973June 30, 1974May 31, 1977

June 14, 1978July 1, 1981

Sept. 30, 1983Nov. 1, 1984

Dec. 16, 1986July 22, 1988Oct. 30, 1990Feb. 19, 1991Jan. 25, 1993Oct. 12, 1994

July 7, 1997July 23, 1998April 9, 2001May 4, 2001July 2, 2004

Dec. 30, 1945April 26, 1949May 21, 1951

June 10, 1951March 26, 1954

June 1, 1955Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1964Feb. 1, 1967Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1971Oct. 1, 1973July 1, 1974

June 1, 1977June 15, 1978

July 1, 1981Oct. 8, 1983Nov. 1, 1984

Dec. 16, 1986July 22, 1988Nov. 5, 1990

Feb. 19, 1991Jan. 26, 1993Oct. 12, 1994

July 7, 1997July 23, 1998April 9, 2001May 4, 2001July 2, 2004

Activated as Far East Air Forces Aug. 3, 1944. Redesignated Pacific Air Com-mand, US Army, Dec. 6, 1945. Redesignated FEAF Jan. 1, 1947. Redesignated Pacific Air Forces July 1, 1957.

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DOD Leaders Through the Years

Secretaries of Defense

James V. ForrestalLouis A. JohnsonGeorge C. MarshallRobert A. LovettCharles E. WilsonNeil H. McElroyThomas S. GatesRobert S. McNamaraClark M. CliffordMelvin R. LairdElliot L. RichardsonJames R. SchlesingerDonald H. RumsfeldHarold BrownCaspar W. WeinbergerFrank C. CarlucciRichard B. CheneyLes AspinWilliam J. PerryWilliam S. CohenDonald H. RumsfeldRobert M. Gates

March 28, 1949Sept. 19, 1950Sept. 12, 1951Jan. 20, 1953

Oct. 8, 1957Dec. 1, 1959

Jan. 20, 1961Feb. 29, 1968Jan. 20, 1969Jan. 29, 1973May 24, 1973Nov. 19, 1975Jan. 20, 1977Jan. 20, 1981Nov. 23, 1987Jan. 20, 1989Jan. 20, 1993Feb. 3, 1994

Jan. 23, 1997Jan. 20, 2001Dec. 18, 2006

Sept. 17, 1947 March 28, 1949Sept. 21, 1950Sept. 17, 1951Jan. 28, 1953

Oct. 9, 1957Dec. 2, 1959

Jan. 21, 1961March 1, 1968Jan. 22, 1969Jan. 30, 1973

July 2, 1973Nov. 20, 1975Jan. 21, 1977Jan. 21, 1981Nov. 23, 1987

March 21, 1989Jan. 21, 1993Feb. 3, 1994

Jan. 24, 1997Jan. 20, 2001Dec. 18, 2006

US European CommandJuly 11, 1953Nov. 20, 1956

Nov. 1, 1962May 5, 1969Nov. 1, 1974

June 27, 1979June 25, 1987June 23, 1992Oct. 21, 1993July 10, 1997May 2, 2000

Jan. 16, 2003Dec. 4, 2006

Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, USAGen. Alfred M. Gruenther, USAGen. Lauris Norstad, USAFGen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, USAGen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA Gen. Alexander M. Haig Jr., USAGen. Bernard W. Rogers, USAGen. John R. Galvin, USAGen. John M. Shalikashvili, USAGen. George A. Joulwan, USAGen. Wesley K. Clark, USAGen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAFGen. James L. Jones, USMCGen. Bantz J. Craddock, USA

Aug. 1, 1952July 11, 1953Nov. 20, 1956

Nov. 1, 1962May 5, 1969Nov. 1, 1974

June 27, 1979June 25, 1987June 23, 1992Oct. 21, 1993July 10, 1997May 2, 2000

Jan. 16, 2003Dec. 4, 2006

Formerly US Atlantic Command, established Dec. 1, 1947, redesignated Oct. 7, 1999.

US Joint Forces CommandFeb. 1, 1950

Aug. 15, 1951April 12, 1954Feb. 28, 1960April 30, 1963April 30, 1965June 17, 1967Sept. 30, 1970Oct. 31, 1972May 30, 1975

Sept. 30, 1978Sept. 30, 1982Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 22, 1988May 18, 1990July 13, 1992Oct. 31, 1994

Sept. 24, 1997Sept. 5, 2000Oct. 2, 2002Aug. 1, 2005

Nov. 10, 2005

Adm. William H.P. Blandy, USNAdm. William M. Fechteler, USNAdm. Lynde D. McCormick, USNAdm. Jerauld Wright, USNAdm. Robert L. Dennison, USNAdm. Harold P. Smith, USNAdm. Thomas H. Moorer, USNAdm. Ephraim P. Holmes, USNAdm. Charles K. Duncan, USNAdm. Ralph W. Cousins, USNAdm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USNAdm. Harry D. Train II, USNAdm. Wesley D. McDonald, USNAdm. Lee Baggett Jr., USNAdm. Frank B. Kelso II, USNAdm. Leon A. Edney, USNAdm. Paul D. Miller, USNGen. John J. Sheehan, USMCAdm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., USNGen. William F. Kernan, USAAdm. Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., USNLt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner, USA (acting)Gen. Lance L. Smith, USAF

Feb. 3, 1947Feb. 1, 1950

Aug. 15, 1951April 12, 1954Feb. 28, 1960April 30, 1963April 30, 1965June 17, 1967Sept. 30, 1970Oct. 31, 1972May 30, 1975

Sept. 30, 1978Sept. 30, 1982Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 22, 1988May 18, 1990July 13, 1992Oct. 31, 1994

Sept. 24, 1997Sept. 5, 2000

Oct. 2, 2002Aug. 1, 2005

Nov. 10, 2005

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. of the Army Omar N. BradleyAdm. Arthur W. Radford, USNGen. Nathan F. Twining, USAFGen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, USAGen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USAGen. Earle G. Wheeler, USAAdm. Thomas H. Moorer, USNGen. George S. Brown, USAF Gen. David C. Jones, USAFGen. John W. Vessey Jr., USAAdm. William J. Crowe Jr., USNGen. Colin L. Powell, USAAdm. David Jeremiah, USN (acting)Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USAGen. Henry H. Shelton, USAGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Peter Pace, USMC

Aug. 16, 1949Aug. 15, 1953Aug. 15, 1957

Oct. 1, 1960Oct. 1, 1962July 3, 1964July 2, 1970July 1, 1974

June 21, 1978June 18, 1982

Oct. 1, 1985Oct. 1, 1989 Oct. 1, 1993

Oct. 25, 1993Oct. 1, 1997Oct. 1, 2001

Sept. 30, 2005

Aug. 15, 1953Aug. 15, 1957

Sept. 30, 1960Sept. 30, 1962

July 1, 1964July 2, 1970July 1, 1974

June 20, 1978June 18, 1982Sept. 30, 1985Sept. 30, 1989Sept. 30, 1993Oct. 24, 1993

Sept. 30, 1997Oct. 1, 2001

Sept. 30, 2005

Vice Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAFAdm. David E. Jeremiah, USNAdm. William A. Owens, USNGen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAFGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Peter Pace, USMCAdm. Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., USN

Feb. 28, 1990Feb. 28, 1994Feb. 27, 1996Feb. 29, 2000

Oct. 1, 2001Aug. 12, 2005

Feb. 6, 1987March 1, 1990March 1, 1994March 1, 1996March 1, 2000

Oct. 1, 2001Aug. 12, 2005

US Central Command

Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 23, 1988Aug. 9, 1991Aug. 5, 1994

Aug. 13, 1997July 6, 2000July 7, 2003

March 16, 2007

Jan. 1, 1983Nov. 27, 1985Nov. 23, 1988Aug. 9, 1991Aug. 5, 1994

Aug. 13, 1997July 6, 2000July 7, 2003

March 16, 2007

Gen. Robert C. Kingston, USAGen. George B. Crist, USMCGen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USAGen. Joseph P. Hoar, USMCGen. J.H. Binford Peay III, USAGen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMCGen. Tommy R. Franks, USAGen. John Abizaid, USAAdm. William J. Fallon, USN

US Northern CommandGen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAFAdm. Timothy J. Keating, USNGen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., USAF

Oct. 1, 2002Nov. 5, 2004

March 23, 2007

Nov. 5, 2004March 23, 2007

Feb. 28, 1947Dec. 3, 1947

April 30, 1949July 10, 1953July 31, 1958

June 30, 1964July 31, 1968Sept. 1, 1972Aug. 30, 1976Oct. 31, 1979

July 1, 1983Sept. 18, 1985Sept. 30, 1988March 1, 1991July 11, 1994July 19, 1994Jan. 31, 1996Feb. 20, 1999

May 2, 2002Feb. 26, 2005

March 12, 2007March 26, 2007

Adm. John H. Towers, USNAdm. Louis E. Denfeld, USN Adm. Dewitt C. Ramsey, USNAdm. Arthur W. Radford, USNAdm. Felix B. Stump, USNAdm. Harry D. Felt, USNAdm. U.S. Grant Sharp, USNAdm. John S. McCain Jr., USNAdm. Noel A.M. Gayler, USNAdm. Maurice E. Weisner, USNAdm. Robert L.J. Long, USNAdm. William J. Crowe Jr., USNAdm. Ronald J. Hays Jr., USNAdm. Huntington Hardisty, USNAdm. Charles R. Larson, USNLt. Gen. Harold T. Fields, USA (acting)Adm. Richard C. Macke, USNAdm. Joseph W. Prueher, USNAdm. Dennis C. Blair, USNAdm. Thomas B. Fargo, USNAdm. William J. Fallon, USNLt. Gen. Daniel P. Leaf, USAF (acting)Adm. Timothy J. Keating, USN

Jan. 1, 1947Feb. 28, 1947Dec. 3, 1947

April 30, 1949July 10, 1953July 31, 1958

June 30, 1964July 31, 1968Sept. 1, 1972Aug. 30, 1976Oct. 31, 1979

July 1, 1983Sept. 18, 1985Sept. 30, 1988March 1, 1991July 11, 1994July 19, 1994Jan. 31, 1996Feb. 20, 1999

May 2, 2002Feb. 26, 2005

March 12, 2007March 26, 2007

US Pacific Command

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US Southern Command

June 1948October 1949

April 1952June 1954

January 1957February 1958

July 1960January 1961

June 1963February 1965February 1969

September 1971January 1973

July 1975September 1979

May 1983March 1985

June 1987July 1989

November 1990November 1993

January 1994February 1996

June 1996July 1997

Sept. 8, 2000Sept. 30, 2001Aug. 18, 2002

Nov. 9, 2004Oct. 19, 2006

November 1947June 1948

October 1949April 1952June 1954

January 1957April 1958July 1960

January 1961June 1963

February 1965February 1969

September 1971January 1973August 1975

October 1979May 1983

March 1985June 1987

September 1989November 1990December 1993

February 1994March 1996

July 1996August 1997

Sept. 8, 2000Sept. 30, 2001Aug. 18, 2002

Nov. 9, 2004Oct. 19, 2006

Lt. Gen. Willis Crittenberger, USALt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, USALt. Gen. William H.H. Morris, USALt. Gen. Horace L. McBride, USALt. Gen. William K. Harrison, USALt. Gen. Robert M. Montague, USALt. Gen. Ridgely Gaither, USALt. Gen. Robert F. Sink, USALt. Gen. Andrew P. O’Meara, USAGen. Andrew P. O’Meara, USAGen. Robert W. Porter, USAGen. George R. Mather, USAGen. George V. Underwood, USAGen. William B. Rosson, USALt. Gen. Dennis P. McAuliffe, USALt. Gen. Wallace H. Nutting, USAGen. Paul F. Gorman, USAGen. John R. Galvin, USAGen. Fred F. Woerner, USAGen. Maxwell R. Thurman, USAGen. George A. Joulwan, USAMaj. Gen. W.A. Worthington, USAGen. Barry McCaffrey, USARAdm. James Perkins, USNGen. Wesley K. Clark, USAGen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMCGen. Peter Pace, USMCMaj. Gen. G.D. Speer, USA (acting)Gen. James T. Hill, USAGen. B. John Craddock, USAAdm. James G. Stavridis

Formerly US Caribbean Command (1947). Activated in 1963.

NORAD Leaders Through the Years North American Aerospace Defense Command

July 30, 1959July 30, 1962

March 30, 1965July 29, 1966July 31, 1969

Sept. 30, 1973Aug. 29, 1975Dec. 5, 1977

Dec. 31, 1979July 30, 1984Feb. 5, 1987

March 30, 1990June 30, 1992Sept. 12, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 13, 1998Feb. 22, 2000Nov. 5, 2004

March 23, 2007

Gen. Earle E. Partridge, USAFGen. Laurence S. Kuter, USAFGen. John K. Gerhart, USAFGen. Dean C. Strother, USAFGen. Raymond J. Reeves, USAFGen. Seth J. McKee, USAFGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr., USAFGen. Daniel James Jr., USAFGen. James E. Hill, USAFGen. James V. Hartinger, USAF Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAFGen. John L. Piotrowski, USAFGen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAFGen. Charles A. Horner, USAFGen. Joseph W. Ashy, USAFGen. Howell M. Estes III, USAFGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAFAdm. Timothy J. Keating, USNGen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., USAF

Sept. 12, 1957Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1962April 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1969Oct. 1, 1973

Sept. 1, 1975Dec. 6, 1977Jan. 1, 1980

July 30, 1984Feb. 6, 1987April 1, 1990

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 27, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000Nov. 5, 2004

March 23, 2007

US Space Command

Feb. 5, 1987March 30, 1990

June 30, 1992Sept. 12, 1994Aug. 26, 1996Aug. 13, 1998Feb. 22, 2000

Oct. 1, 2002

Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAFGen. John L. Piotrowski, USAFGen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAFGen. Charles A. Horner, USAFGen. Joseph W. Ashy, USAFGen. Howell M. Estes III, USAFGen. Richard B. Myers, USAFGen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF

Sept. 23, 1985Feb. 6, 1987April 1, 1990

June 30, 1992Sept. 13, 1994Aug. 27, 1996Aug. 14, 1998Feb. 22, 2000

Deactivated Oct. 1, 2002, when its functions merged with US Strategic Command.

US Transportation Command

Sept. 21, 1989Aug. 24, 1992Oct. 17, 1994July 14, 1996Aug. 2, 1998

Nov. 5, 2001Sept. 7, 2005

Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, USAFGen. H.T. Johnson, USAFGen. Ronald R. Fogleman, USAFGen. Robert L. Rutherford, USAFGen. Walter Kross, USAFGen. Charles T. Robertson Jr., USAFGen. John W. Handy, USAFGen. Norton A. Schwartz, USAF

July 1, 1987Sept. 22, 1989Aug. 25, 1992Oct. 18, 1994July 15, 1996Aug. 3, 1998Nov. 5, 2001

Sept. 7, 2005

US Special Operations Command

June 27, 1990May 20, 1993Feb. 29, 1996

Sept. 25, 1997Oct. 27, 2000Sept. 2, 2003

Gen. James J. Lindsay, USAGen. Carl W. Stiner, USAGen. Wayne A. Downing, USAGen. Henry H. Shelton, USAGen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USAGen. Charles R. Holland, USAFGen. Bryan D. Brown, USA

April 16, 1987June 27, 1990May 20, 1993Feb. 29, 1996Nov. 5, 1997

Oct. 27, 2000Sept. 2, 2003

US Strategic Command

Feb. 13, 1994Feb. 21, 1996June 25, 1998Nov. 30, 2001

July 9, 2004

Gen. G. Lee Butler, USAFAdm. Henry G. Chiles Jr., USN Gen. Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAFAdm. Richard W. Mies, USNAdm. James O. Ellis Jr., USNGen. James E. Cartwright, USMC

June 1, 1992Feb. 14, 1994Feb. 22, 1996June 26, 1998Nov. 30, 2001

July 9, 2004

Merged the functions of US Space Command into STRATCOM Oct. 1, 2002.

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USAF Total Force(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

FYs 2001-06 are actual figures; FY 2007 is an estimate. *Stop-Loss imposed in FY02 and FY03.

Air Force active duty

OfficersEnlistedCadets

Total Air Force active duty

Career re-enlistments (second term)RateFirst-term re-enlistmentsRate

Civilian personnel

Direct hire (excluding technicians)ANG techniciansAFRC techniciansIndirect hire—foreign nationals

Total civilian personnel

Guard and Reserve

Air National Guard, Selected ReserveAFRC, Selected ReserveAFRC, Individual Ready Reserve

Total Ready Reserve

Standby

Total Guard and Reserve

FY01

68,862280,410

4,299

353,571

30,38084%

10,48556%

122,47422,987

9,9596,450

161,870

108,48574,86947,940

231,294

17,826

249,120

FY05

73,252276,117

4,327

353,696

23,33884%

10,12854%

125,80922,322

9,4456,589

164,165

106,43075,80248,750

230,982

15,241

246,223

FY02

72,032292,061

4,158

368,251

34,09388%*

10,66672%*

123,43921,246

8,8256,296

159,806

112,07576,63241,095

229,802

17,430

247,232

People 2007 USAF Almanac

FY04

74,109298,314

4,193

376,616

27,26691%

9,23263%

124,95922,416

9,2046,146

162,725

106,71575,32237,015

219,052

17,340

236,392

FY07 numbers are estimates.

Armed Forces Manpower Trends, End Strength in Thousands(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Active duty military

Air ForceArmyMarine CorpsNavy

Total

Selected Guard and Reserve

Air National GuardAFRCArmy National GuardArmy ReserveMarine Corps ReserveNaval Reserve

Total

Direct-hire civilian (full-time equivalents)

Air ForceArmyNavy/Marine CorpsDefense agencies

Total

FY02

368487174383

1,412

11277

351207

4088

875

154231185101

671

FY05

354493180363

1,390

10676

333189

4076

821

155221179108

663

FY04

377500178373

1,427

10775

343204

4083

851

154209183105

651

FY03

375499178382

1,434

10875

351212

4188

875

149226182

86

643

USAF Marital Status(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Total percent marriedPercent of enlistedPercent of officersNumber of USAF couplesNumber married to members of other services

60.657.871.4

18,217

1,363

Does not include 4,424 cadets.

USAF Educational Levels(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

EnlistedHigh schoolSome college (< 2 years)AA/AS degree or equivalent hoursBachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeProfessional or doctoral degreeTotal

OfficersBachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeDoctoral degree Professional degreeTotal

Percent

5.4

72.9

16.24.80.7

0.0100

51.339.3

1.38.1100

Number

14,830

199,743

44,41513,016

1,962

24273,990

36,20227,744

9005,693

70,539

FY07

65,776264,424

4,000

334,200

23,20187%

9,67846%

128,12223,60510,214

6,617

168,558

107,00074,90045,469

227,369

10,675

238,044

FY06

349505180350

1,385

10674

346190

4071

826

158220178104

660

FY06

70,539273,990

4,424

348,953

22,43189%

11,19256%

130,57221,997

9,4356,935

168,939

105,66074,07544,904

224,639

10,932

235,571

FY07

334518184338

1,374

10775

350200

4071

843

159220179108

666

FY03

73,758297,219

4,085

375,062

31,02690%*8,23261%*

122,41920,718

8,1596,410

157,706

108,13774,75436,665

219,556

17,587

237,143

FY01

354481173378

1,386

10975

352206

4088

870

155229183104

671

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200750

Ran

k

Active Duty Force Demographics(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Officers

GeneralLieutenant GeneralMajor GeneralBrigadier GeneralColonelLieutenant ColonelMajorCaptainFirst LieutenantSecond Lieutenant

Total

Enlisted

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air ForceChief Master SergeantSenior Master SergeantMaster SergeantTechnical SergeantStaff SergeantSergeant/Senior AirmanAirman First ClassAirmanAirman Basic

Total

Total personnel

Tota

l

123793

1453,576

10,22915,91024,119

8,7667,652

70,539

1

2,7045,514

28,45744,96571,20859,27540,70710,18710,972

273,990

348,953

Men

123689

1263,1468,896

13,43319,140

6,8585,967

57,703

1

2,4054,887

24,81037,27955,13846,20832,268

7,3688,669

219,033

280,353

Wo

men

014

19430

1,3332,4774,9791,9081,685

12,836

0299627

3,6477,686

16,07013,067

8,4392,8192,303

54,957

68,600

Average ages of military personnel : Officers 35, Enlisted 29

Includes active Title 5 civilians with permanent appoint-ments, US citizens only.

Excludes Title 32 technicians, temporary employees, and foreign/local nationals.

Does not include 2,421 personnel in pay band demon-stration projects.

Does not include 3,142 personnel in National Security Personnel System pay bands.

aScientific and Technical.

bSenior Executive Service (Includes ES, IE, and IP).

The Civilian Force(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Force

0555

152748

111253916229

9221

01000

1,728

Air Force Civilian Personnel: Average Age and Length of Service

General scheduleFederal wage systemAverage age

Average length of service (overall)

474447

16.2 years

Wage Grade

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

2116322106735975

1,2802,7412,653

13,0263,1471,517

24836

2000

26,906

Wage Grade Leader

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Wage Grade Supervisory

Grade

123456789101112131415161718

Total

Force

01616265483

111195759

1,060425213150182

92502815

3,475

General Schedule/

Other

Force

10732

1,4842,2926,7944,5099,1531,594

12,118942

16,76418,27011,156

3,9081,336

0000

27465

91,401

Grade

123456789101112131415161718STa SESb Other

Total

Air Force Personnel Strength(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

2007 number is an estimate.

Year

197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007

Year

1941194219431944194519461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974

Year

1907190819091910191119121913191419151916191719181919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361937193819391940

Strength

31327112351

114122208311

1,218195,023

25,6039,050

11,6499,6429,441

10,5479,6709,674

10,07810,54912,13113,53114,78015,02815,09915,86116,24717,23319,14721,08923,45551,165

Strength

152,125764,415

2,197,1142,372,2922,282,259

455,515305,827387,730419,347411,277788,381973,474977,593947,918959,946909,958919,835871,156840,028814,213820,490883,330868,644855,802823,633886,350897,426904,759862,062791,078755,107725,635690,999643,795

Strength

612,551585,207570,479569,491559,450557,969570,302582,845592,044597,125601,515608,199607,035576,446570,880535,233510,432470,315444,351426,327400,409389,001377,385367,470360,590355,654353,571368,251375,062376,616353,696348,953334,200

Academy Cadets 807 4,4243,617

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007 51

4,424

USAF Personnel by Geographic Area

(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Total military personnel

US territory and special locations

Total in foreign countries

Western and southern EuropeGermanyUKItalyTurkeySpainAll other countries

East Asia and PacificJapan/OkinawaSouth KoreaAll other countries

Africa, Near East, South AsiaKuwaitSaudi ArabiaEgyptAll other countries

Western hemisphereCanadaPanamaAll other countries

Other areas

348,953

288,090

60,863

32,62515,185

9,2801,7194,257

3211,863

22,29113,322

8,815154

808290191

42285

36181

1279

4,778

USAF Personnel Strength by Commands, FOAs, and DRUs(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Military

86,80963,93920,740

34518,345

9,31646,67932,86627,144

306,183

160

3195

226203

23107

91

97389

63161

19236

14305

141,627

67861

2807

66392

72523

1,255124

7,031

3,94047

5482,290

6,825

24,4904,424

348,953

Civilian

10,28814,92758,28913,749

6,5341,1399,0867,9305,591

127,533

15760375117

66319

40261939279918

1918

1174

9518

6710

98880

129484724

1800

195469

5,184

81317

1981,327

2,355

31,4660

166,538

Total

97,09778,86679,02914,09424,87910,45555,76540,79632,735

433,716

31760406212292522

63133

2840

124488

81352

27353

18400

322,298

671,849

108129

55113416252523

1,450593

12,215

4,75364

7463,617

9,180

55,9564,424

515,491

Major commandsAir Combat Command (ACC)Air Education and Training Command (AETC)Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)Air Mobility Command (AMC)Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)Total major commands

Field Operating Agencies (FOAs)Air Force Agency for Modeling and SimulationAir Force Audit AgencyAir Force Center for Environmental ExcellenceAir Force Civil Engineer Support AgencyAir Force C2ISR Center*Air Force Communications AgencyAir Force Cost Analysis AgencyAir Force Flight Standards AgencyAir Force Frequency Management AgencyAir Force Historical Research AgencyAir Force Inspection AgencyAir Force Legal Services AgencyAir Force Logistics Management AgencyAir Force Manpower AgencyAir Force Medical Operations AgencyAir Force Medical Support AgencyAFNSEPA*Air Force News AgencyAFNWCA*Air Force Office of Special InvestigationsAir Force Operations GroupAir Force Personnel Center Air Force Personnel Operations AgencyAir Force Real Property AgencyAir Force Review Boards AgencyAir Force Safety CenterAir Force Security Forces CenterAir Force Services AgencyAir Force Technical Applications CenterAir Force Weather AgencyAir National Guard Readiness CenterTotal FOA

Direct Reporting Units (DRUs)Air Force District of WashingtonAir Force Doctrine CenterAir Force Operational Test and Evaluation CenterUnited States Air Force Academy (not cadets)

Total DRUs

Other Other unitsUSAFA cadetsTotal for all categories

*AFC2ISR Center is Air Force Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center; AFNSEPA is Air Force National Security Emergency Preparedness Agency; AFNWCA is Air Force Nuclear Weapons & Counter-proliferation Agency.

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200752

Specialties in the Enlisted Force(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Code

1A1C1N1S1T1W2A2E2F2G2M2P2R2S2T2W3A3C3E3H3M3N3P3S3V4A-V4Y5J5R6C6F7S89

Career Field

Aircrew OperationsCommand Control Systems OperationsIntelligenceSafetyAircrew ProtectionWeatherManned Aerospace MaintenanceCommunications-Electronics SystemsFuels Logistics PlansMissile & Space Systems MaintenancePrecision MeasurementMaintenance Management SystemsSupply Transportation & Vehicle MaintenanceMunitions & Weapons Information ManagementCommunications-Computer SystemsCivil EngineeringHistorianMorale, Welfare, Recreation, & ServicesPublic AffairsSecurity ForcesMission SupportVisual InformationMedicalDental ParalegalChapel Services SupportContractingFinancialSpecial InvestigationSpecial Duty IdentifiersReporting IdentifiersUnassignedTotal

Percentages have been rounded.

Assigned

9,30910,90711,411

3642,6592,295

57,16411,055

4,215775

2,155791

1,5158,037

12,44515,349

8,48212,87616,685

464,2721,434

23,9937,9931,272

19,1392,496

972449

1,2912,779

9437,009

10,1921,221

273,990

Percent

3.44.04.20.11.00.8

20.94.01.50.30.80.30.62.94.55.63.14.76.10.01.60.58.82.90.57.00.90.40.20.51.00.32.63.70.4100

Specialties in the Officer Force(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Total does not include 4,424 cadets. Percentages have been rounded.

Code

XO111213141516213132333435374X51526162636465718X9X

Utilization Field Title

Commander & DirectorPilot NavigatorSpace, Missile, Command & ControlIntelligenceWeatherOperations SupportLogisticsSecurity ForcesCivil EngineeringCommunications-Computer SystemsMWR & ServicesPublic AffairsManpower & PersonnelMedicalLawChaplainScientific/ResearchDevelopmental EngineeringAcquisitionContractingFinancialSpecial InvestigationsSpecial Duty IdentifiersReporting IdentifiersOther Total

Assigned

1,30512,509

3,7524,9403,054

6521,2593,870

7641,4084,012

472388

1,72310,995

1,249604937

2,8682,574

879797383

1,3696,3281,448

70,539

Percent

1.917.7

5.37.04.30.91.85.51.12.05.70.70.62.4

15.61.80.91.34.13.61.21.10.51.99.02.1100

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Both are from the 736th Security Forces Squadron based at Andersen

AFB, Guam.

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200754

Terms ExplainedFunding levels can be expressed in several ways. Budget authority is the value of new obligations that the federal government is authorized to incur. These include some obligations to be met in later years. Figures can also be expressed in outlays (actual expenditures, some of which are covered by amounts that were authorized in previ-ous years).

Another difference concerns the value of money. When funding is in current or then-year dollars, no adjustment for infla-tion has taken place. This is the actual amount of dollars that has been or is to be spent, budgeted, or forecast. When funding is expressed in constant dollars, or real dollars, the effect of inflation has been factored out to make direct comparisons between budget years possible. A specific

year, often the present one, is chosen as a baseline for constant dollars.

Normally, Congress first authorizes pay-ment, then appropriates it. Authorization is an act of Congress that establishes or continues a federal program or agency and sets forth guidelines to which it must adhere. Appropriation is an act of Congress that enables federal agencies to spend money for specific purposes.

Budgets 2007 USAF Almanac

Air Force Major Force Programs (Total obligation authority in billions of constant FY08 dollars)

ForcesStrategic Forces General-Purpose ForcesAirlift ForcesGuard and Reserve ForcesSpecial Operations ForcesTotal

Support Intelligence & CommunicationsResearch & DevelopmentCentral Supply & MaintenanceTraining, Medical, & PersonnelAdministration & OtherTotal

FY02

$5.431.314.310.5

0.6$62.1

$26.88.15.9

12.12.1

$54.9

FY04

$6.136.615.211.8

0.7$70.3

$35.610.9

6.113.7

2.8$69.1

FY06

$5.938.517.412.9

0.6$75.4

$39.610.3

5.413.1

2.7$71.2

FY98

$5.421.211.4

9.30.5

$47.8

$23.710.1

4.910.3

1.8$50.8

FY99

$5.322.613.0

9.60.5

$51.1

$24.39.05.3

10.41.9

$51.0

FY00

$4.923.212.7

9.70.5

$51.0

$23.59.35.5

10.52.0

$50.8

FY01

$4.626.412.410.1

0.5$54.0

$25.58.45.8

10.82.0

$52.6

FY03

$6.040.317.311.3

0.6$75.5

$34.910.0

6.913.5

2.5$67.6

FY05

$4.354.813.012.0

0.0$84.2

$35.19.25.06.12.3

$57.7

FY07

$5.635.816.112.9

0.7$71.1

$38.110.4

5.012.0

2.1$67.6

Numbers do not add due to rounding.

Air Force Budget—A 10-Year Perspective(Budget authority in millions of current and constant FY08 dollars;

Current dollarsMilitary personnel Operation & maintenance Procurement RDT&E Military construction Family housing Rev. & mgmt. funds Trust & receipts Total

Constant FY08 dollarsMilitary personnel Operation & maintenance Procurement RDT&E Military construction Family housing Rev. & mgmt. funds Trust & receipts Total

Percentage real growthMilitary personnel Operation & maintenance Procurement RDT&E Military construction Family housing Total

FY04$29,681

39,25232,46020,290

1,8311,441

690-110

$125,535

$33,08043,74736,17822,614

2,0411,606

769-123

$139,912

0.6-11.6

0.74.99.1

-8.7-2.4

FY98$19,111

25,17415,25814,265

1,5371,114

234-409

$76,284

$24,69932,53519,71918,436

1,9861,440

302-529

$98,589

-2.09.05.40.2

-3.5-3.42.5

FY99$19,357

27,10718,43413,807

8621,0821,510-246

$81,913

$24,47834,27923,31117,460

1,0901,3681,910-311

$103,585

-0.95.4

18.2-5.3

-45.1-5.05.1

FY00$20,217

27,25418,75514,511

1,1741,158

434-453

$83,050

$24,72533,33122,93717,747

1,4361,416

531-554

$101,570

1.0-2.8-1.61.6

31.73.5

-1.9

FY01$20,956

29,32822,05414,297

1,4101,084

515-95

$89,549

$24,93134,89126,23717,009

1,6771,290

613-113

$106,535

0.84.7

14.4-4.216.8-8.94.9

FY02$24,751

34,36423,22914,519

1,8061,374

292-108

$100,227

$28,98240,23827,20017,001

2,1151,609

342-126

$117,360

16.215.3

3.70.0

26.124.810.2

FY05$30,344

39,75235,11720,551

1,4991,680-667-359

$127,918

$32,70742,84837,85222,152

1,6161,811-719-387

$137,880

-1.1-2.14.6

-2.0-20.812.8-1.5

FY06$29,838

40,18432,73421,608

2,0492,132

45-125

$128,465

$31,10441,88934,12322,525

2,1362,222

47-130

$133,917

-4.9-2.2-9.91.7

32.222.7-2.9

FY03$28,732

43,25431,38018,825

1,6341,536

31-147

$125,245

$32,88749,50935,91821,547

1,8701,758

35-168

$143,358

13.523.032.126.7

-11.69.3

22.2

FY07$29,649

39,82632,16524,397

2,3681,938

44-127

$130,259

$30,33140,74232,90524,958

2,4221,983

45-130

$133,255

-2.5-2.7-3.610.813.4

-10.8-0.5

excludes costs of the Global War on Terror.)

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OD

Bu

dg

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98969492908886848280787674727068

Fiscal Year

040200

DOD Agencies

06 08 10

Defense Department Budget Topline(In billions of current and constant FY08 dollars)

Budget authority(current $)

Budget authority(constant FY08 $)

Outlays(current $)

Outlays(constant FY08 $)

Numbers have been rounded.Does not include supplemental appropriations to cover costs of the Global War on Terror.

Service Shares(In billions of constant FY08 dollars)

Budget authority

Air Force

Army

Navy

Defense agencies, DOD-wide

Total

Percent of budget authority

Air Force

Army

Navy

Defense agencies, DOD-wide

FY12

$143.0

120.3

147.9

81.0

$492.2

29.1%

24.4%

30.0%

16.5%

FY06

$117.5

120.0

120.7

69.9

$428.1

27.4%

28.0%

28.2%

16.3%

FY07

$130.4

111.4

128.5

72.0

$442.3

29.5%

25.2%

29.0%

16.3%

FY08

$136.6

130.1

139.8

74.9

$481.4

28.4%

27.0%

29.0%

15.6%

FY09

$138.7

116.5

140.3

77.2

$472.7

29.4%

24.6%

29.7%

16.3%

FY10

$136.5

116.0

141.3

78.1

$472.0

28.9%

24.6%

30.0%

16.5%

FY11

$137.0

115.1

141.6

77.6

$471.2

29.1%

24.4%

30.0%

16.5%

NavyUSAF

Army

FY12

$538.5

$492.1

$527.4

$482.0

FY08

$481.4

$481.4

$442.3

$442.3

FY09

$483.8

$472.6

$466.3

$455.5

FY10

$493.9

$471.9

$484.0

$462.5

FY11

$504.2

$471.2

$499.9

$467.2

FY07

$432.4

$442.3

$383.3

$392.1

FY06

$410.7

$428.1

$382.8

$399.0

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

-5

Service Shares

68

70

72

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

96

98

00

02

04

06

08

10

12

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

4012

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200756

Note: Defense data do not include costs of the Global War on Terror.

Historical Federal Budget DataExplanatory NoteData for 1962-2005 are historical. Data for 2006 are projections. These four tables are based on “The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008-17,” published by the Congressional Budget Office, January 2007; Budget of the United States Government Historical Tables, Fiscal Year 2008. Constant dollar figures are derived. Defense data are National Defense, which includes Department of Energy nuclear weapons costs.

Defense

$52.6

53.7

55.0

51.0

59.0

72.0

82.2

82.7

81.9

79.0

79.3

77.1

80.7

87.6

89.9

97.5

104.6

116.8

134.6

158.0

185.9

209.9

228.0

253.1

273.8

282.5

290.9

304.0

300.1

319.7

302.6

292.4

282.3

273.6

266.0

271.7

270.2

275.5

295.0

292.1

331.0

325.0

365.1

415.6

404.0

Year

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Deficit/

Surplus

$5.9

4.0

6.5

1.6

3.1

12.6

27.7

0.5

8.7

26.1

26.1

15.2

7.2

54.1

69.4

49.9

55.4

39.6

73.1

73.9

120.6

207.7

185.3

221.5

237.9

168.4

192.3

205.4

277.6

321.4

340.4

300.4

258.8

226.4

174.0

103.2

29.9

1.9

86.4

32.4

317.4

538.4

568.0

493.6

434.0

Entitlements

$34.7

36.2

38.9

39.7

43.4

50.9

59.7

64.6

72.5

86.9

100.8

116.0

130.9

169.4

189.1

203.7

227.4

247.0

291.2

339.4

370.8

410.6

405.6

448.2

461.8

474.2

505.1

549.8

626.9

702.3

716.8

738.0

786.1

818.6

858.8

896.4

938.7

976.9

1,030.0

1,094.5

1,196.9

1,281.8

1,346.0

1,445.6

1,552.1

Total

Outlays

$106.8

111.3

118.5

118.2

134.5

157.5

178.1

183.6

195.6

210.2

230.7

245.7

269.4

332.3

371.8

409.2

458.7

504.0

590.9

678.2

745.7

808.4

851.9

946.4

990.4

1,004.1

1,064.5

1,143.8

1,253.1

1,324.3

1,381.6

1,409.5

1,461.9

1,515.9

1,560.6

1,601.3

1,652.7

1,702.0

1,789.2

1,863.2

2,011.2

2,160.1

2,293.0

2,472.2

2,654.3

Federal Budget CategoriesConstant FY08 $ billions

Year

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Deficit/

Surplus

$41.2

27.5

44.2

10.7

20.2

79.5

167.7

2.9

47.2

135.7

131.5

72.1

30.8

211.9

257.0

173.5

179.0

115.0

187.0

171.4

263.4

439.5

375.9

433.8

457.2

312.4

342.7

349.2

447.8

497.6

511.6

438.4

368.1

313.2

233.7

135.5

38.6

2.4

105.7

38.5

371.7

616.3

633.1

532.0

452.4

Entitlements

$242.1

249.3

264.5

265.7

282.2

321.1

361.4

370.7

393.6

451.9

507.9

550.4

559.5

663.7

700.2

708.3

734.8

717.1

744.9

787.1

809.7

868.8

822.9

877.7

887.5

879.6

900.0

934.8

1,011.3

1,087.3

1,077.4

1,077.0

1,118.1

1,132.6

1,153.6

1,177.0

1,213.2

1,235.4

1,259.7

1,302.1

1,401.5

1,467.2

1,500.2

1,558.2

1,618.0

Defense

$367.0

369.9

373.9

341.3

383.7

454.2

497.6

474.5

444.6

410.8

399.6

365.8

344.9

343.2

332.9

339.0

338.0

339.1

344.3

366.4

406.0

444.1

462.6

495.6

526.2

524.0

518.4

516.9

484.1

494.9

454.8

426.7

401.5

378.5

357.3

356.8

349.2

348.4

360.8

347.5

387.6

372.0

406.9

448.0

421.1

Federal Budget CategoriesCurrent $ billions

Total

Outlays

$745.1

766.6

805.7

791.0

874.7

993.5

1,078.1

1,035.5

1,061.8

1,093.0

1,162.4

1,165.7

1,151.5

1,301.9

1,376.8

1,422.8

1,482.2

1,463.3

1,511.5

1,572.8

1,628.4

1,710.6

1,728.3

1,853.3

1,903.3

1,862.6

1,896.8

1,944.8

2,021.5

2,050.2

2,076.6

2,056.9

2,079.3

2,097.4

2,096.3

2,102.6

2,135.9

2,152.3

2,188.2

2,216.6

2,355.0

2,472.5

2,555.6

2,664.7

2,766.9

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 20075862 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 01 06

25

20

15

10

5

062

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

0

5

10

15

20

25

Entitlements

Defense

Year

196219631964196519661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006

Defense

9.39.08.67.47.88.99.58.78.17.36.75.95.65.65.24.94.74.74.95.25.86.15.96.16.26.15.85.65.25.44.84.44.13.73.53.33.13.03.02.93.23.03.23.43.1

Deficit/Surplus

1.00.71.00.20.41.63.20.10.92.42.21.20.53.54.02.52.51.62.72.43.76.04.85.35.43.63.83.84.85.45.54.63.73.12.31.30.30.00.90.33.15.04.94.03.3

Entitlements

6.16.06.15.85.76.36.96.87.28.08.68.89.1

10.910.910.310.3

9.910.711.111.511.910.510.810.510.210.110.210.911.811.511.211.311.211.210.910.910.710.610.911.511.911.711.811.9

Total Outlays

18.818.618.517.217.819.420.519.419.319.519.618.718.721.321.420.720.720.121.722.223.123.522.122.822.521.621.221.221.822.322.121.421.020.720.319.619.218.618.418.519.420.019.920.220.3

Percentages of GDP

CPI=Consumer Price Index

CP

I per

cen

tag

e ch

ang

e

Inflation Rates

62 65 69 73 77 81 85 89 93 97 01 06

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

% change

1.01.31.31.62.93.14.25.55.74.43.26.2

11.09.15.86.57.6

11.313.510.3

6.23.24.33.61.93.64.14.85.44.23.03.02.62.83.02.31.62.23.42.81.62.32.73.43.4

Year

196219631964196519661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006

62

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Other

Federal Budget Outlay CategoriesPercentages of GDP

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007 59

Amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar.aBasic pay for pay grades O-7 through O-10 is limited to $14,000.10. Basic pay for O-6 and below is limited to $11,349.90. bCommissioned officers with more than four years’ active service as enlisted members.While serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Chief of Staff of the Air Force, basic pay is $15,959.40.For the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, basic pay is $6,642.60.

E-9E-8E-7E-6E-5E-4E-3E-2E-1 4 mos.+E-1<4 mos.

Enlisted Members

Pay GradeO-10a

O-9a

O-8a

O-7a

O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2O-1O-3Eb

O-2Eb

O-1Eb

Commissioned OfficersYears of Service

Monthly Military Basic Rates of Pay in Dollars(Effective Jan. 1, 2007)

<2 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 13,659 13,726 14,011 14,509 11,947 12,119 12,367 12,8018,453 8,730 8,914 8,965 9,194 9,577 9,666 10,030 10,134 10,448 10,901 11,319 11,598 7,024 7,350 7,501 7,621 7,838 8,053 8,301 8,549 8,797 9,577 10,236 10,236 10,236 10,236 10,2885,206 5,719 6,095 6,095 6,118 6,380 6,415 6,415 6,779 7,424 7,802 8,180 8,395 8,613 9,0364,340 4,889 5,228 5,291 5,502 5,629 5,906 6,110 6,373 6,776 6,968 7,158 7,373 3,745 4,335 4,624 4,688 4,957 5,245 5,603 5,882 6,076 6,188 6,252 3,292 3,732 4,028 4,392 4,602 4,833 4,983 5,228 5,356 2,844 3,240 3,731 3,857 3,937 2,469 2,570 3,107 4,392 4,602 4,833 4,983 5,228 5,435 5,554 5,716 3,857 3,937 4,062 4,274 4,437 4,559 3,107 3,318 3,440 3,566 3,689 3,857

4,111 4,204 4,321 4,460 4,598 4,822 5,010 5,209 5,513 3,365 3,514 3,606 3,716 3,836 4,052 4,161 4,347 4,451 4,7052,339 2,553 2,651 2,781 2,882 3,055 3,153 3,250 3,424 3,511 3,594 3,644 3,815 3,925 4,2042,023 2,226 2,324 2,420 2,519 2,744 2,831 2,928 3,014 3,044 3,065 1,854 1,978 2,073 2,171 2,324 2,455 2,552 2,582 1,700 1,787 1,883 1,979 2,063 1,534 1,631 1,729 1,459 1,301 1,204

Hazardous Duty Pay(Effective Jan. 1, 2007)

Pay GradeO-10O-9O-8O-7O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2O-1E-9E-8E-7E-6E-5E-4E-3E-2E-1

Monthly Rate150150150150250250225175150150240240240215190165150150150

$

Provided to qualified rated officers.

Continuous pay ends following the 25th year of service.

Aviation Career Incentive Pay(Effective Jan. 1, 2007)

MonthlyRate

$585 495 385 250

Years ofAviation Service

as an Officer

more than 22more than 23more than 24

more than 25

MonthlyRate

$125 156 188 206 650

840

Years ofAviation Service

as an Officer

2 or fewer more than 2more than 3more than 4more than 6

more than 14

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200760

Housing Allowance(Effective Jan. 1, 2007)

WithDependents

$1,479.301,479.301,479.301,479.301,331.701,283.701,131.60

936.30798.90715.20

1,006.20907.80839.40

960.90886.50822.90760.20684.00594.30552.90527.10527.10

PayGrade

O-10O-9O-8O-7O-6O-5O-4O-3O-2O-1

O-3EO-2EO-1E

E-9E-8E-7E-6E-5E-4E-3E-2E-1

WithoutDependents

$1,202.401,202.401,202.401,202.401,102.801,062.00

984.00789.00625.20527.10

851.70723.90622.80

729.00669.30571.50517.20477.30414.90407.10330.60295.20

As part of the 2004 defense budget, Congress authorized DOD to implement a new performance-based pay system for SES members. On Jan. 1, 2004, a new SES pay scale reflecting only the minimum and maximum levels of pay replaced the old fixed SES pay levels (ES-1 through ES-6). The pay scale does not include locality pay.

Senior Executive Service

SES Pay System Structure Minimum Maximum

Certified SES performance appraisal system $111,676 $168,000Noncertified SES performance appraisal system $111,676 $154,600

Annual Pay for Federal Civilians(Effective Jan. 1, 2007)

General Schedule

Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10

GS-1 $16,630 $17,185 $17,739 $18,289 $18,842 $19,167 $19,713 $20,264 $20,286 $20,798 GS-2 18,698 19,142 19,761 20,286 20,512 21,115 21,718 22,321 22,924 23,527GS-3 20,401 21,081 21,761 22,441 23,121 23,801 24,481 25,161 25,841 26,521GS-4 22,902 23,665 24,428 25,191 25,954 26,717 27,480 28,243 29,006 29,769GS-5 25,623 26,477 27,331 28,185 29,039 29,893 30,747 31,601 32,455 33,309GS-6 28,562 29,514 30,466 31,418 32,370 33,322 34,274 35,226 36,178 37,130GS-7 31,740 32,798 33,856 34,914 35,972 37,030 38,088 39,146 40,204 41,262GS-8 35,151 36,323 37,495 38,667 39,839 41,011 42,183 43,355 44,527 45,699GS-9 38,824 40,118 41,412 42,706 44,000 45,294 46,588 47,882 49,176 50,470GS-10 42,755 44,180 45,605 47,030 48,445 49,880 51,305 52,730 54,155 55,580GS-11 46,974 48,540 50,106 51,672 53,238 54,804 56,370 57,936 59,502 61,068GS-12 56,301 58,178 60,055 61,932 63,809 65,686 67,563 69,440 71,317 73,194GS-13 66,951 69,183 71,415 73,647 75,879 78,111 80,343 82,575 84,807 87,039GS-14 79,115 81,752 84,389 87,026 89,663 92,300 94,937 97,574 100,211 102,848GS-15 93,063 96,165 99,267 102,369 105,471 108,573 111,675 114,777 117,879 120,981

Subsistence Allowance(Effective Jan. 1, 2007)

Officers $192.74/month

Enlisted Members $279.88/month

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200762

Bomber

B-52

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-16Total

Helicopter

HH-60

Reconnaissance/BM/C3I

WC-130

Special Ops Forces

MC-130

Tanker

HC-130KC-135Total

Transport

C-5C-9C-17C-130Total

Total AFRC

9

447

69120

15

17

14

58489

4238

93146

410

8

396

60105

13

10

12

56469

3608

89133

350

Air Force Reserve Command Inventory

(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Type TAI PAI

EquipmentTotal active inventory (TAI): aircraft assigned to operating forces for mission, training, test, or maintenance. Includes primary, backup, and attrition reserve aircraft. Primary aircraft inventory (PAI): aircraft assigned to meet primary aircraft authori-zation (PAA).

2007 USAF Almanac

Type TAI PAI Type TAI PAI

Bomber

B-1B-2B-52Total

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-15F-16F-22AF-117Total

Helicopter

HH-60UH-1Total

Reconnaissance/BM/C3I

E-3E-4EC-130MQ-9M/RQ-1NC-135OC-135RC-135RQ-4U-2WC-135Total

Special Ops Forces

AC-130CV-22MC-130MH-53Total

672085

172

12875

567724

7352

1,619

6892

160

324

168512

221134

2137

234

4432

103

511654

121

12054

464636

6939

1,382

5768

125

283

100002

175

301

96

190

402685

Tanker

HC-130KC-10KC-135Total

Trainer

T-1T-3T-6T-37T-38T-41T-43T-51TC-135GliderUV-18Total

Transport

C-5C-12C-17C-20C-21C-32C-37C-40C-130VC-25Total

Total Active

1959

200278

179110272171489

4833

423

1,284

5228

1411074

494

2052

529

4,282

1954

158231

1380

190134356

4702

402

873

4727

1061072

472

1602

437

3,350

Active Duty Inventory(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

7626

141522765

18

1883

29

4

9251260

1782

11223

19010

245

1,321

721894

447631

15

1240

16

4

7189196

16820020

17910

217

1,079

Air National Guard Inventory(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Type TAI PAI

Fighter/Attack

A-10OA-10F-15F-16Total

Helicopter

HH-60G

Reconnaissance/BM/C3I

E-8EC-130W/C-130Total

Special Ops Forces

MC-130

Tanker

HC-130KC-135Total

Transport

C-5C-17C-21C-26C-32C-38C-40C-130LC-130Total

Total ANG

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007 63

0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24 24+ Total Average

A-10 48 155 203 24.8B-1B 67 67 19.1B-2 1 11 5 3 20 12.0B-52 85 85 44.8C-5 9 32 11 52 22.1 C-10 1 23 24 11 59 21.7C-12 4 8 16 28 26.3C-17 32 42 31 20 15 1 141 6.1C-20 1 1 8 10 17.7C-21 4 70 74 21.7C-25 2 2 15.9C-32 4 4 8.0C-37 6 3 9 5.7C-40 2 2 4 2.6 C-130 7 3 15 20 16 1 245 307 33.4C-135 230 230 44.5CV-22 4 4 0.7E-3 5 27 32 26.8E-4 4 4 32.3F-15 4 6 16 72 129 92 96 152 567 19.7F-16 1 21 8 37 228 295 91 42 1 724 15.3F-22 60 12 1 73 1.7F-117 9 17 23 3 52 20.6H-1 92 92 35.4H-53 32 32 36.2H-60 6 14 31 8 9 68 16.4Q-1 2 3 5 5.9Q-4 6 3 1 1 11 3.3Q-9 7 1 8 2.0T-1 1 90 88 179 11.9T-3 78 32 110 11.6T-6 163 97 12 272 2.7T-37 171 171 42.1T-38 489 489 39.5T-41 4 4 37.1T-43 8 8 32.4T-51 3 3 1.1U-2 2 11 14 7 34 23.2UV-18 1 2 3 22.5Glider 5 35 1 1 42 4.2Total 294 227 88 243 470 502 373 340 1,745 4,282 23.0Percent 7% 5% 2% 6% 11% 12% 9% 8% 41%

Age of the Active Duty Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Age in Years

Type of aircraft

BomberFighter/attackHelicopterReconnaissance/BM/C3ISpecial Ops ForcesTankerTrainerTransport

Total active dutyAir National GuardAFRC

Total active duty, ANG, and AFRCTotal aircraft, including foreign-government-owned

FY03

1731,628

129135101325

1,308529

4,3281,312

433

6,073

6,167

FY01

1811,619

126140107330

1,289546

4,3381,361

445

6,144

6,245

FY00

1811,658

130141107328

1,289567

4,4011,362

442

6,205

6,304

FY02

1831,631

126143102322

1,342538

4,3871,350

446

6,183

6,286

Total Number of USAF Aircraft in Service Over Time(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

FY04

1721,627

160132

99301

1,277516

4,2841,326

408

6,018

6,107

FY05

1731,622

169134

98285

1,267525

4,2731,313

400

5,986

6,057

FY06

1721,619

160137103278

1,284529

4,2821,321

410

6,013

6,072

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200764

Age of the Air Force Reserve Command Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Age in Years

0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24 24+ Total AverageA-10 1 50 51 26.0B-52 9 9 44.5C-5 2 6 34 42 31.9C-9 3 3 31.5C-17 8 8 0.9C-130 7 7 4 14 17 15 23 7 35 129 21.1C-135 84 84 45.4F-16 17 51 1 69 18.7H-60 15 15 15.7Total 15 7 4 14 17 49 80 9 215 410 27.4Percent 4% 2% 1% 3% 4% 12% 20% 2% 52%

Age of the Air National Guard Fleet(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Age in Years

0-3 3-6 6-9 9-12 12-15 15-18 18-21 21-24 24+ Total AverageA-10 11 91 102 25.8C-5 17 17 34.9C-17 8 8 2.5C-21 2 2 19C-26 6 5 11 12.3C-32 1 1 2 3.2C-38 2 2 8.5C-40 1 2 3 3.3C-130 7 7 16 29 34 26 23 17 65 224 20.3C-135 251 251 46.2E-8 2 7 6 2 1 18 6.5F-15 8 133 141 27.5F-16 12 12 133 278 84 3 522 18.8H-60 7 11 18 15.8Total 19 17 24 49 58 171 303 120 560 1,321 25.5Percent 1% 1% 2% 4% 4% 13% 23% 9% 42%

DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DSCS: Defense Satellite Communications System DSP: Defense Support Program GPS: Global Positioning System

As of FY02, satellite data show the number of satellites that are primary mission capable.

Type of system

Minuteman III ICBMPeacekeeper ICBM

Total ICBMs

DMSP satelliteDSCS satelliteDSP satellite (data classified)GPS satelliteMilstar satellite

Total satellites

FY00

50050

550

25

—24

2

33

FY03

50023

523

210—28

5

45

FY01

50050

550

25

—27

3

37

FY06

5000

500

29

—30

5

46

FY02

50050

550

25

—28

4

39

ICBMs and Spacecraft in Service(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

FY04

5006

506

211—30

5

48

FY05

5000

500

29

—29

5

45

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200766

Air National Guard Air Defense Unit Fin Flashes

aANG training units.bGeneral-purpose units (no longer air defense only).

Aircraft per Active Duty USAF Squadron

(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

Aircraft

A/OA-10AC-130HAC-130UB-1BB-2B-52C-5C-17C-130E-3E-8EC-130F-15F-15EF-16F-22F-117AHC-130HH-60KC-10KC-135MC-130EMC-130H/P/WMH-53U-2

Number

18/248

1312

812

71014

2/58

6/1018/2418/2418/24

2418

3/412/14

139/10

1410/12/12

16/1729

Description

Minuteman over MassachusettsSubdued eagle and “Oregon” logoDark gray bison’s skull against prairie/mountain profileSubdued hawk with banner in talonsBlue lightning bolt, blue stripe with “Florida” logoBlack falcon with talons extended and “California” logoTexas star on subdued jagged stripes with “Houston” logoBlue stripe and “Duluth” logoGreen stripe with “Vermont” on top of tail with figure of Ethan AllenStarburst state flag and AZRed stripe with “New Jersey” logo and AC above it

Aircraft

F-15A/BF-15A/BF-16C/DF-15A/BF-15A/BF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16CF-16C/DF-16A/B/C/DF-16C/D

Unit and Location

102nd FW, Otis ANGB, Mass.114th FS (173rd FW), Klamath Falls Arpt., Ore.a

120th FW, Great Falls Arpt., Mont.b

123rd FS (142nd FW), Portland Arpt., Ore.125th FW, Jacksonville Arpt., Fla.144th FW, Fresno Yosemite Arpt., Calif.147th FW, Ellington Field, Tex.b

148th FW, Duluth Arpt., Minn.158th FW, Burlington Arpt., Vt.

b

162nd FW, Tucson Arpt., Ariz.a

177th FW, Atlantic City Arpt., N.J.b

USAF Aircraft Flying Hours*(In thousands, as of Sept. 30, 2006)

Active duty

ANG

AFRC

Total

FY04

1,708

393

177

2,278

FY00

1,555

342

139

2,036

FY06

1,611

351

202

2,164

FY01

1,579

341

146

2,066

FY02

1,768

410

186

2,364

FY03

1,700

426

193

2,319

*Includes contingency support hours but not AFSOC or RDT&E flying hours.

FY05

1,615

368

160

2,143

Active forcesBomberAir refuelingStrategic command & controlFighterReconnaissanceElectronic warfareSpecial operationsGround theater air controlAirborne theater air controlRescueTheater airliftLong-range airliftAeromedical airliftICBMSpace operationsSpace communicationsSpace warningSpace surveillanceSpace launchRangeSpace control & tacticsSpace aggressorTotal

Reserve forcesANG Selected Reserve Flying Space operations Space warningAFRC Flying Space operations Space warning Space aggressorTotalGrand total

FY03

926

246

92

21288

1218

011

80834231

203

10131

61411

172392

FY06

916

43112

223

5586

130

1087603261

177

10131

67411

178355

FY02

926

246

42

21286

1218

314

80833230

200

10111

60410

168368

USAF Squadrons by Mission Type(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

FY04

917

24510

221

2886

130

1196634231

188

10231

61411

173361

FY05

916

24310

222

2886

130

1087603251

183

10131

68411

179362

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Class A Aircraft Mishaps(As of Sept. 30, 2006)

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USAF Aircraft Tail Markings

ACAF

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F-16C/Dgliders, T-41, T-51, UV-18C-12, C-130H, E-3,F-15C/D/E, F-22A/OA-10A, F-16C/D F-16C/D

KC-135C-130H, HC-130N,HH-60GF-16C/DF-16A/B/C/DT-38A, RQ-4, U-2RQ-4, U-2A/OA-10AB-52H, A/OA-10A HC-130P, HH-60G T-1, T-6, T-37, T-38F-16C/DC-130EF-16C/DC-130HA/OA-10AF-16C/DC-130H A/OA-10AEC-130E/HHH-60GB-1BB-1BVariousF-16C/DF-15C/DB-1BT-37B, T-38A/CA-10A, F-15A/B/C/D/E, F-16A/B/C/D, UH-1NUH-1NUH-1NF-15C/D, F-22HC-130N/P, HH-60GF-16C/DF-16C/DA/OA-10AF-16C/DE-8CC-130H

KC-135

QF-4C-17, C-37, C-40C-17, C-130H, F-15A/B, KC-135RF-16C/DF-16C/DF-117, T-38A UH-1NF-16C/DA/OA-10A, C-130EC-130EHH-60GF-15A/BA/OA-10C-21B-52HF-16C/DHC-130P, HH-60GF-15C/E, HH-60GF-16C/DF-15A/BA/OA-10A

177th FW (ANG), Atlantic City Arpt., N.J.USAF Academy, Colo.

3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

354th FW, Eielson AFB, Alaska187th FW (ANG), Montgomery Regional Arpt., Ala.117th ARW (ANG), Birmingham Arpt., Ala.176th Wing (ANG), Kulis ANGB, Alaska

31st FW, Aviano AB, Italy162nd FW (ANG), Tucson Arpt., Ariz.9th RW, Beale AFB, Calif.Det. 2, 53rd Wing, Beale AFB, Calif.110th FW (ANG), W.K. Kellogg Arpt., Mich.917th Wing (AFRC), Barksdale AFB, La.129th RQW (ANG), Moffett Field, Calif.14th FTW, Columbus AFB, Miss.27th FW, Cannon AFB, N.M.146th AW, Channel Islands ANGS, Calif. 140th Wing (ANG), Buckley AFB, Colo.302nd AW (AFRC), Peterson AFB, Colo.103rd FW (ANG), Bradley Arpt., Conn.113th Wing (ANG), Andrews AFB, Md.166th AW (ANG), New Castle Co. Arpt., Del.355th Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.55th Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.305th RQS (AFRC), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. 7th BW, Dyess AFB, Tex.337th TES, 53rd Wing, Dyess AFB, Tex.412th TW, Edwards AFB, Calif.147th FW (ANG), Ellington Fld., Tex.33rd FW, Eglin AFB, Fla.28th BW, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.80th FTW, Sheppard AFB, Tex.46th TW, Eglin AFB, Fla.

336th TRG, Fairchild AFB, Wash.90th SW, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.1st FW, Langley AFB, Va.920th RQG (AFRC), Patrick AFB, Fla.482nd FW (AFRC), Homestead ARB, Fla.188th FW (ANG), Fort Smith Arpt., Ark.23rd FG, Pope AFB, N.C.122nd FW (ANG), Fort Wayne Arpt., Ind.116th ACW (ACC, ANG), Robins AFB, Ga.165th AW (ANG), Savannah Hilton Head Arpt., Ga.185th ARW (ANG), Sioux Gateway Arpt./Col. Bud Day Field, IowaDet. 1, 53rd Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M.15th AW (PACAF), Hickam AFB, Hawaii154th Wing (ANG), Hickam AFB, Hawaii

419th FW (AFRC), Hill AFB, Utah388th FW, Hill AFB, Utah49th FW, Holloman AFB, N.M.30th SW, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.132nd FW (ANG), Des Moines Arpt., Iowa124th Wing (ANG), Boise Air Term., Idaho182nd AW (ANG), Greater Peoria Arpt., Ill. 85th Group, NAS Keflavik, Iceland159th FW (ANG), NAS JRB New Orleans 442nd FW (AFRC), Whiteman AFB, Mo.45th AS, Keesler AFB, Miss.2nd BW, Barksdale AFB, La.56th FW, Luke AFB, Ariz.106th RQW (ANG), F.S. Gabreski Arpt., N.Y.48th FW, RAF Lakenheath, UK 944th FW (AFRC), Luke AFB, Ariz.102nd FW (ANG), Otis ANGB, Mass.104th FW (ANG), Barnes Arpt., Mass.

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A/OA-10A, C-130JF-16C/D, C-130EKC-135RUH-1NC-130HF-16CF-15C/D/E, F-16CJ/D B-52HUH-1NHC-130P, HH-60GT-6A, T-38CC-130HF-16C/DC-130EF-16C/DRC-135S/U/V/W, TC-135, OC-135B, WC-135F-16C/D

C-130H

F-16C/DC-130H

F-16C/DE-3B/C A/OA-10A, C-12, F-16C/DF-15C/D/E, F-16C/D

A-10, F-15, F-16A/C, F-22F-117B-52MQ/RQ-1A/OA-10AC-130E

T-1A, T-6A, T-37B, T-38C, T-43AC-130E, C-130J-30C-130EF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16C/DF-16C/D

F-15EF-15A/BA/OA-10A, F-16CJF-16C/CJ/DQF-4 F-16C/DC-130HF-16C/DF-15C/D, F-22F-16C/DT-1, T-6, T-37B, T-38C VariousF-16C/DB-2B-2A, T-38AF-16C/DC-130HC-130EF-16C/DC-130HT-1, T-6, T-38CC-130HC-21, C-130E/H,UH-1NE-3B/C, F-15C/D, KC-135R, HH-60G

175th Wing (ANG), Martin State Arpt., Md.127th Wing (ANG), Selfridge ANGB, Mich.927th ARW (AFRC), Selfridge ANGB, Mich.341st SW, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.133rd AW (ANG), Minn.-St. Paul Arpt./ARS148th FW (ANG), Duluth Arpt., Minn.366th FW, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho5th BW, Minot AFB, N.D.91st SW, Minot AFB, N.D.347th Rescue Wing, Moody AFB, Ga.479th FTG, Moody AFB, Ga.145th AW, Charlotte Arpt., N.C.150th FW (ANG), Kirtland AFB, N.M.152nd AW (ANG), Reno/Tahoe Arpt., Nev.174th FW (ANG), Hancock Fld., N.Y.55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Neb.

178th FW (ANG), Springfield-Beckley Arpt.,Ohio179th AW (ANG), Mansfield Lahm Arpt., Ohio180th FW (ANG), Toledo Exp. Arpt., Ohio137th AW (ANG), Will Rogers World Arpt., Okla.138th FW (ANG), Tulsa Arpt., Okla.552nd ACW, Tinker AFB, Okla.51st FW, Osan AB, South Korea

85th TES, 53rd Wing (ACC), Eglin AFB, Fla.422nd TES, 53rd Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.

Det. 1, 53rd Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M.49th TES, 53rd Wing, Barksdale AFB, La.Det. 4, 53rd Wing, Creech AFB, Nev.111th FW (ANG), Willow Grove ARS, Pa.156th AW (ANG), Luis Munoz Marin Arpt., Puerto Rico 12th FTW, Randolph AFB, Tex.

143rd AW (ANG), Quonset State Arpt., R.I.86th AW, Ramstein AB, Germany149th FW (ANG), Lackland AFB, Tex.169th FW (ANG), McEntire ANGS, S.C.114th FW (ANG), Joe Foss Fld., S.D.183rd FW (ANG), Abraham Lincoln Capital Arpt., Ill.4th FW, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.131st FW (ANG), Lambert-St. Louis Arpt., Mo.52nd FW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany20th FW, Shaw AFB, S.C.53rd Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla.181st FW (ANG), Hulman Arpt., Ind.136th AW (ANG), NAS JRB F.W., Tex.301st FW (AFRC), NAS JRB F.W., Tex.325th FW, Tyndall AFB, Fla.192nd FW (ANG), Richmond Arpt., Va.71st FTW, Vance AFB, Okla. 57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev. 115th FW (ANG), Truax Fld., Wis.72nd TES, 53rd Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo.509th BW, Whiteman AFB, Mo.8th FW, Kunsan AB, South Korea130th AW (ANG), Yeager Arpt., W.Va.167th AW (ANG), East. W.Va. Arpt., W.Va.35th FW, Misawa AB, Japan153rd AW (ANG), Cheyenne Arpt., Wyo.47th FTW, Laughlin AFB, Tex.139th AW (ANG), Rosecrans Arpt., Mo.374th AW, Yokota AB, Japan

18th Wing, Kadena AB, Japan

Code Aircraft Unit and Location Code Aircraft Unit and Location

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Airman Basic(E-1)

No insignia

Airman(E-2)

Airman First Class(E-3)

Senior Airman(E-4)

Staff Sergeant(E-5)

Technical Sergeant(E-6)

USAF Grades and Insignia

Second Lieutenant(O-1)

First Lieutenant(O-2)

Captain(O-3)

Major(O-4)

Lieutenant Colonel(O-5)

Colonel(O-6)

Brigadier General(O-7)

Major General(O-8)

Lieutenant General(O-9)

General(O-10)

Master Sergeant(E-7)

Senior Master Sergeant(E-8)

Chief Master Sergeant(E-9)

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

First SergeantThe diamond device, shown

here on senior master sergeant stripes, denotes an E-7 through E-9 who advises and assists a squadron commander in man-

aging unit activities.

Officer

Command Chief MasterSergeant

The star device shown here denotes an E-9 who serves in a 9E000 position, formerly known

as a senior enlisted advisor.

Enlisted

70 AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007

*Also awarded with gold, silver, or bronze devices. The gold frame on the ribbon denotes a unit citation; without, an individual citation.

NATO MedalYugoslavia

Kosovo Campaign Medal

Joint Meritorious Unit Citation

Joint ServiceCommendation Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal

Purple Heart

Joint Service Achievement Medal

Air ForceAchievement Medal

Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

Aerial AchievementMedal

Air MedalMeritorious Service Medal (AF)

Defense MeritoriousService Medal

Defense SuperiorService Medal

Legion of Merit Distinguished FlyingCross

Airman’s Medal Bronze Star Medal

Distinguished Service Medal (AF)

Defense DistinguishedService Medal

Air Force CrossMedal of Honor

Awards and Decorations—Currently Awarded Ribbons

Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

Silver Star

Good Conduct Medal

Presidential Unit Citation

Air Force Gallant Unit Award

Air Force Meritorious Unit Award

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

Combat Readiness Medal

Prisoner of War Medal Air Force Good Conduct Medal

Air Reserve ForcesMeritorious Service Medal

Outstanding Airman of the Year Ribbon

Air Force Recognition Ribbon

National Defense Service Medal

Antarctica Service Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Vietnam Service Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Korea Defense Service Medal

Armed ForcesService Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Air & Space Campaign Medal

Air Force OverseasRibbon-Short

Air Force OverseasRibbon-Long

Air Force LongevityService Award Ribbon

USAF Basic Military Training Instructor

Ribbon

Air Force Recruiter Ribbon

Armed Forces Reserve Medal

USAF NCO PME Graduate Ribbon

USAF Basic Military Training Honor

Graduate Ribbon

Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon

Air Force Training Ribbon

RVN Gallantry Cross with Palm*

United NationsMedal

NATO MedalKosovo

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Kuwait Liberation Medal,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kuwait Liberation Medal,Government of Kuwait

Air Force Expeditionary Service

Ribbon

Afghanistan Campaign Medal

Iraq Campaign Medal

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Mexican Service Medal

Pre-World War I World War II Through Korean War (in order of precedence)

Women’s Army Corps Service Medal

World War I

Victory Medal

Awards and Decorations—Previously Awarded Ribbons

American Defense Service Medal

Korean Service Medal

European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

World War IIVictory Medal

Army of Occupation Medal

Medal for Humane Action

Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal

American Campaign Medal

Philippine Defense Ribbon

Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Philippine Independence Ribbon

Republic of Korea Korean War Service

Medal

United Nations Service Medal

ROK Presidential Unit Citation

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

Currently Awarded Devices

Previously Awarded Devices

Silver Staris worn in the same manner as the bronze star, but each is worn in lieu

of five bronze service stars.

Silver and Bronze StarsWhen worn together on a single

ribbon, silver stars will be worn to the wearer’s right of any bronze star.

Bronze Oak Leaf Clusterrepresents second and subsequent

entitlements of awards.

Silver Oak Leaf Clusterrepresents the sixth, 11th, etc.,

entitlements or is worn in lieu of five bronze OLCs.

Silver/Bronze Oak Leaf ClustersSilver OLCs are worn to the wearer’s right of the bronze OLCs on the same ribbon.

Hourglass Deviceis issued for the Armed Forces

Reserve Medal in bronze for 10 years of service, silver for 20, and gold for

30 years.

Berlin Airlift Deviceis worn with the Army of Occupa-tion Medal to denote service of 90 consecutive days in direct support

of the Berlin Airlift, June 26, 1948, to Sept. 30, 1949.

Valor Devicerepresents valor and does not denote

an additional award. Only one may be earned on any ribbon. It is worn to the wearer’s right of any clusters on

the same ribbon.

A Deviceis worn with the Overseas Ribbon

Short to denote service north of the Arctic Circle. Only one is worn on the ribbon. It is worn to the wearer’s right of any clusters on the same ribbon.

BeretsSeven USAF specialties are authorized to wear a colored beret along with the crest of that particular field.

Weather ParachutistSecurity Forces

Combat Control

Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer/ALOPararescue

Bronze Starrepresents participation in cam-

paigns or operations, multiple qualifi-cations, or an additional award to any of the various ribbons on which it is

authorized.

Arrowhead Deviceis worn with Army and Air Force

campaign medals to denote participa-tion in combat parachute, glider, or

amphibious assault landing.

Disk “Wintered Over” Deviceis worn with the Antarctica Service Medal to denote multiple “winters

over”—bronze for one winter; gold, two; silver, three.

Mobility Deviceis worn with the Armed Forces Reserve Medal to denote active

duty for at least one day during a contingency. A number to the right of the device denotes the total number

of mobilizations.

Survival Evasion

Tactical Air Command and Control

72 AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007

Navigator/Observer

USAF BadgesShown here are current wings and badges as seen in AFI 36-2923. The basic level of wings or badges is illustrated. Most wings and badges have two other categories of accomplishment—senior and either commander, master, or chief. A star centered above the badge indicates the senior level, while a star surrounded by a wreath above the badge represents the master level.

Services

Public Affairs

Operations Support

Paralegal

Meteorologist

Manpower and Personnel

Maintenance

Intelligence

Communications and Information Command and Control

Chaplain Service Support

Acquisition and Financial Management

Air Traffic Control

Band

Space/Missile Civil Engineer Force Protection

Supply/Fuels

Weapons Director Judge Advocate

Logistics Information ManagementHistorian

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Medical Service Corps

Medical Corps Enlisted MedicalNurse Corps Biomedical Science Corps

Dental Corps

Missile Missile With Operations Designator

Pilot

Enlisted Aircrew

Astronaut

Flight Surgeon

Flight Nurse

Officer Aircrew Member

Air Battle Manager

Transportation

Buddhist MuslimChristian Jewish

Air Force Space

Parachutist

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007 73

Place of BirthNames and Rank at Time of Action Date of Action Place of Action

USAF Recipients of the Medal of Honor

World War II

World War I

■ 2007 USAF AlmanacAces and Heroes

Guide toMagazine’s

Bleckley, 2nd Lt. Erwin R.Goettler, 1st Lt. Harold E.Luke, 2nd Lt. Frank Jr.Rickenbacker, 1st Lt. Edward V.

Baker, Lt. Col. Addison E.Bong, Maj. Richard I.Carswell, Maj. Horace S. Jr.Castle, Brig. Gen. Frederick W.Cheli, Maj. RalphCraw, Col. Demas T.Doolittle, Lt. Col. James H.Erwin, SSgt. Henry E.Femoyer, 2nd Lt. Robert E.Gott, 1st Lt. Donald J.Hamilton, Maj. Pierpont M.Howard, Lt. Col. James H.Hughes, 2nd Lt. Lloyd H.Jerstad, Maj. John L.Johnson, Col. Leon W.Kane, Col. John R.

Wichita, Kan.ChicagoPhoenixColumbus, Ohio

ChicagoSuperior, Wis.Fort Worth, Tex.Manila, PhilippinesSan FranciscoTraverse City, Mich.Alameda, Calif.Adamsville, Ala.Huntington, W.Va.Arnett, Okla.Tuxedo Park, N.Y.Canton, China Alexandria, La.Racine, Wis.Columbia, Mo.McGregor, Tex.

Oct. 6, 1918Oct. 6, 1918Sept. 29, 1918Sept. 25, 1918

Aug. 1, 1943Oct. 10-Nov. 15, 1944Oct. 26, 1944Dec. 24, 1944Aug. 18, 1943Nov. 8, 1942April 18, 1942April 12, 1945Nov. 2, 1944Nov. 9, 1944Nov. 8, 1942Jan. 11, 1944Aug. 1, 1943Aug. 1, 1943Aug. 1, 1943Aug. 1, 1943

Binarville, FranceBinarville, FranceMurvaux, FranceBilly, France

Ploesti, RomaniaSouthwest PacificSouth China SeaLiège, BelgiumWewak, New GuineaPort Lyautey, French MoroccoTokyoKoriyama, JapanMerseburg, GermanySaarbrücken, GermanyPort Lyautey, French MoroccoOschersleben, GermanyPloesti, RomaniaPloesti, RomaniaPloesti, RomaniaPloesti, Romania

2nd Lt. Erwin Bleckley Maj. Horace Carswell Jr. Col. John Kane

*Living Medal of Honor recipient

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 200774

Peacetime

Korea

Vietnam

World War II (cont.)

Kearby, Col. Neel E.Kingsley, 2nd Lt. David R.Knight, 1st Lt. Raymond L.Lawley, 1st Lt. William R. Jr.Lindsey, Capt. Darrell R.Mathies, Sgt. ArchibaldMathis, 1st Lt. Jack W.McGuire, Maj. Thomas B. Jr.Metzger, 2nd Lt. William E. Jr.Michael, 1st Lt. Edward S.Morgan, 2nd Lt. John C.Pease, Capt. Harl Jr.Pucket, 1st Lt. Donald D.Sarnoski, 2nd Lt. Joseph R.Shomo, Maj. William A.Smith, Sgt. Maynard H.Truemper, 2nd Lt. Walter E.Vance, Lt. Col. Leon R. Jr.Vosler, TSgt. Forrest L.Walker, Brig. Gen. Kenneth N.Wilkins, Maj. Raymond H.Zeamer, Maj. Jay Jr.

Davis, Maj. George A. Jr.Loring, Maj. Charles J. Jr.Sebille, Maj. Louis J.Walmsley, Capt. John S. Jr.

Bennett, Capt. Steven L.Day, Maj. George E.*Dethlefsen, Maj. Merlyn H.Fisher, Maj. Bernard F.*Fleming, 1st Lt. James P.*Jackson, Lt. Col. Joe M.*Jones, Col. William A. IIILevitow, A1C John L.Pitsenbarger, A1C William H.Sijan, Capt. Lance P.Thorsness, Maj. Leo K.*Wilbanks, Capt. Hilliard A.Young, Capt. Gerald O.

Lindbergh, Col. Charles A.Mitchell, Maj. Gen. William

Wichita Falls, Tex.Portland, Ore.HoustonLeeds, Ala.Jefferson, IowaScotlandSan Angelo, Tex.Ridgewood, N.J.Lima, OhioChicagoVernon, Tex.Plymouth, N.H.Longmont, Colo.Simpson, Pa.Jeannette, Pa.Caro, Mich.Aurora, Ill.Enid, Okla.Lyndonville, N.Y.Cerrillos, N.M.Portsmouth, Va.Carlisle, Pa.

Dublin, Tex.Portland, MaineHarbor Beach, Mich.Baltimore

Palestine, Tex.Sioux City, IowaGreenville, IowaSan Bernardino, Calif.Sedalia, Mo.Newnan, Ga.Norfolk, Va.Hartford, Conn.Piqua, OhioMilwaukeeWalnut Grove, Minn.Cornelia, Ga.Anacortes, Wash.

DetroitMilwaukee

Oct. 11, 1943 June 23, 1944 April 25, 1945 Feb. 20, 1944 Aug. 9, 1944 Feb. 20, 1944 March 18, 1943 Dec. 25-26, 1944 Nov. 9, 1944 April 11, 1944 July 28, 1943 Aug. 7, 1942 July 9, 1944 June 16, 1943 Jan. 11, 1945 May 1, 1943 Feb. 20, 1944 June 5, 1944 Dec. 20, 1943 Jan. 5, 1943 Nov. 2, 1943 June 16, 1943

Feb. 10, 1952 Nov. 22, 1952 Aug. 5, 1950 Sept. 14, 1951

June 29, 1972 Conspicuous gallantry while POWMarch 10, 1967 March 10, 1966 Nov. 26, 1968 May 12, 1968 Sept. 1, 1968 Feb. 24, 1969 April 11, 1966Conspicuous gallantry while POWApril 19, 1967Feb. 24, 1967 Nov. 9, 1967

May 20-21, 1927Lifetime achievement

Wewak, New GuineaPloesti, RomaniaPo Valley, ItalyLeipzig, GermanyPontoise, FranceLeipzig, GermanyVegesack, GermanyLuzon, PhilippinesSaarbrücken, GermanyBrunswick, GermanyKiel, GermanyRabaul, New BritainPloesti, RomaniaBuka, Solomon IslandsLuzon, PhilippinesSt. Nazaire, FranceLeipzig, GermanyWimereaux, FranceBremen, GermanyRabaul, New BritainRabaul, New BritainBuka, Solomon Islands

Sinuiju,Yalu River, N. KoreaSniper Ridge, N. KoreaHamch’ang, S. KoreaYangdok, N. Korea

Quang Tri, S. Vietnam

Thai Nguyen, N. VietnamA Shau Valley, S. VietnamDuc Co, S. VietnamKham Duc, S. VietnamDong Hoi, N. VietnamLong Binh, S. VietnamCam My, S. Vietnam

N. VietnamDalat, S. VietnamKhesahn, S. Vietnam

New York City-Paris flightForesight in military aviation

Col. Neel Kearby Maj. Louis Sebille Maj. George Day, pictured as a colonel

AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2007 75

At left is Capt. James Jabara, the first USAF ace of the Korean War. Jabara counted 15 victories before the end of the war.

Some Famous US Fighter Firsts

May 28, 1918

Dec. 7, 1941

Dec. 16, 1941

Nov. 8, 1950

May 20, 1951

Nov. 30, 1951

Jan. 2, 1967

Aug. 28, 1972

By tradition, anyone with five of-ficial aerial victory credits is an ace. In compiling this list of aces who flew with the US Air Force and predeces-sor organizations (the Air Service, Air Corps, and Army Air Forces), Air Force Magazine relies on USAF’s official ac-counting of aerial victory credits, which is the responsibility of the Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

Air Force historians have kept the of-ficial records of aerial victories by USAF pilots and crew members since 1957. The Office of the Air Force Historian initially published four separate list-ings—for World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The four volumes were corrected, updated, and combined into one comprehensive volume. AFHRA continues to correct records and updates its online listing (www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra).

The criteria that the Air Force estab-lished for awarding aerial victory credits varied from war to war, and therefore one cannot make direct comparisons of aces across all wars.

In many cases during World War I, several aviators worked together to down a single aircraft. The Air Service awarded one whole credit to each aviator who contributed to the victory. A single victory could—and often did—result in three or four victory credits.

In World War II and Korea, the criteria were changed. The service divided one credit among all aviators who contrib-uted to destruction of an enemy airplane. With the awarding of fractional credits, a single victory could result in no more than one credit.

The rules were changed again in the Vietnam War. When an F-4 downed an enemy aircraft, USAF would award two full aerial victory credits—one to the frontseater and one to the backseater. As in World War I, a single victory resulted in multiple victory credits.

Thus, the standards for World War II and Korea were more restrictive than those for World War I and Vietnam.

Aces and HeroesGuide to

Col. Robin Olds is the first and only USAF ace with aerial victories in both World War II and the Vietnam War.

First AEF-trained AEF ace: Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker

First AAF victories (WW II at Pearl Harbor): Lts. Harry W. Brown, Philip M. Rasmussen, Lewis M. Sanders, Gordon H. Sterling Jr., Kenneth M. Taylor, George S. Welch

First AAF ace of WW II: 1st Lt. Boyd D. Wagner

First jet-to-jet victory (Korean War): 1st Lt. Russell J. Brown

First USAF ace of the Korean War: Capt. James Jabara

First USAF ace of two wars (WW II and Korea): Maj. George A. Davis Jr. (7 in WW II and 14 in Korea)

First (and only) USAF ace with victories in WW II and Vietnam: Col. Robin Olds (12 in WW II and 4 in Vietnam)

First USAF ace of Vietnam: Capt. Richard S. Ritchie

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2nd Lt. Frank Luke Jr. (18)

Maj. Richard Bong (40)

American Aces of World War I

Rickenbacker, Capt. Edward V.Luke, 2nd Lt. Frank Jr.Vaughn, 1st Lt. George A.Kindley, 1st Lt. Field E.Springs, 1st Lt. Elliott W.Landis, 1st Lt. Reed G.Swaab, 1st Lt. Jacques M.Baer, 1st Lt. Paul P.Cassady, 1st Lt. Thomas G.Hamilton, 1st Lt. Lloyd A.Wright, 1st Lt. Chester E.Clay, 1st Lt. Henry R. Jr.Coolidge, Capt. HamiltonDonaldson, 2nd Lt. John O.Erwin, 1st Lt. William P. Hunter, 1st Lt. Frank O’D.Jones, 2nd Lt. ClintonMeissner, Capt. James A.Stenseth, 1st Lt. MartinusWhite, 2nd Lt. Wilbert W.Burdick, 2nd Lt. Howard

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Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker (26)

Chambers, 1st Lt. Reed M.Cook, 1st Lt. Harvey W.Creech, 1st Lt. Jesse O. Holden, 1st Lt. Lansing C.Robertson, 1st Lt. Wendel A.Rummell, 1st Lt. Leslie J.Schoen, 1st Lt. Karl J.Sewall, 1st Lt. SumnerBeane, 1st Lt. James D.Biddle, Capt. Charles J.Brooks, 2nd Lt. Arthur R.Campbell, 1st Lt. DouglasCurtis, 1st Lt. Edward P.Easterbrook, 1st Lt. Arthur E.Guthrie, 1st Lt. Murray K.Hammond, 1st Lt. Leonard C.Hays, 2nd Lt. Frank K.Hudson, 1st Lt. DonaldKnotts, 2nd Lt. Howard C.Lindsay, 1st Lt. Robert O.MacArthur, 2nd Lt. John K.Ponder, 2nd Lt. William T.Putnam, 1st Lt. David E.Stovall, 1st Lt. William H.Tobin, 1st Lt. Edgar G.Vasconcells, 1st Lt. Jerry C.Badham, 2nd Lt. William T.Bair, 1st Lt. Hilbert L.Bissell, 1st Lt. Clayton L.Buckley, 1st Lt. Harold R.Cook, 1st Lt. Everett R.D’Olive, 1st Lt. Charles R.Furlow, 1st Lt. George W.George, 1st Lt. Harold H.Grey, 1st Lt. Charles G. Haight, 1st Lt. Edward M.Healy, 1st Lt. James A.

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Keating, 1st Lt. James A.Knowles, 1st Lt. James Jr.Larner, 1st Lt. G. DeFreestLuff, 1st Lt. Frederick E.O’Neill, 2nd Lt. Ralph A. Owens, 2nd Lt. John S.Porter, 2nd Lt. Kenneth L.Ralston, 1st Lt. Orville A.Seerley, 1st Lt. John J.Strahm, Capt. Victor H.Todd, 2nd Lt. Robert M.Vernam, 1st Lt. Remington D.Wehner, 1st Lt. Joseph F.

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Maj. Thomas McGuire Jr. (38)

Maj. Richard E. Turner (11)

Godfrey, Capt. John T.Anderson, Capt. Clarence E. Jr.Dunham, Lt. Col. William D.Harris, Lt. Col. BillWelch, Capt. George S.Beerbower, Capt. Don M.Brown, Maj. Samuel J.Peterson, Capt. Richard A.Whisner, Capt. William T. Jr.Bradley, Lt. Col. Jack T.Cragg, Maj. EdwardFoy, Maj. Robert W.Hofer, 2nd Lt. Ralph K.Homer, Capt. Cyril F.Landers, Lt. Col. John D.Powers, Capt. Joe H.Brown, Capt. Henry W.Carr, 1st Lt. Bruce W. Curtis, Maj. Robert C.Dahlberg, Capt. Kenneth H.DeHaven, Capt. Robert M.Emmer, Capt. Wallace N.Goodson, Maj. James A.Jeffrey, Lt. Col. Arthur F.McComas, Lt. Col. Edward O.

Roberts, Capt. Daniel T. Jr.West, Capt. Richard L.Bochkay, Maj. Donald H.Strait, Maj. Donald J.Bryan, Capt. Donald S.Carpenter, Maj. GeorgeBrooks, 1st Lt. James L.Hampshire, Capt. John F. Jr.Head, Capt. Cotesworth B. Jr.Holloway, Col. Bruce K.Millikan, Capt. Willard W.

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Col. Hubert Zemke (17.75)

Stewart, Maj. James C.Yeager, Capt. Charles E.Norley, Maj. Louis H. Frantz, 1st Lt. Carl M.Goebel, Capt. Robert J.Lawler, Capt. John B.Lent, 1st Lt. Francis J.Leverette, Lt. Col. William L.Loisel, Maj. John S.Lowry, 1st Lt. Wayne L.McCorkle, Col. Charles M.McKennon, Maj. Pierce W.Mitchell, Lt. Col. John W.Molland, Capt. Leland P.Quirk, Capt. Michael J.Riddle, 1st Lt. Robert E.Shubin, 1st Lt. Murray J.Smith, Capt. Cornelius M. Jr.Sparks, 1st Lt. Kenneth C.Turner, Maj. Richard E.O’Connor, Capt. Frank Q.Ceuleers, Lt. Col. George F.Clark, Lt. Col. James A. Jr. Doersch, Capt. George A.Halton, Maj. William T.Hovde, Maj. William J.Littge, Capt. Raymond H.Storch, Lt. Col. John A.Glover, Maj. Fred W.Anderson, 1st Lt. Charles F.Aschenbrener, Capt. Robert W.Blickenstaff, Lt. Col. Wayne K.England, Maj. James J.

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Capt. Robert Johnson (27) and Lt. Col. Francis Gabreski (28)

Moran, 1st Lt. Glennon T.Parker, Capt. Harry A.Stephens, Maj. Robert W.Williamson, Capt. Felix D.Brueland, Maj. Lowell K.Brown, Maj. Quince L.Brezas, 1st Lt. MichaelChase, Lt. Col. Levi R.East, Capt. Clyde B.Gleason, Capt. George W.Hively, Maj. Howard D.Ladd, Capt. Kenneth G.

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Lt. Col. Boyd Wagner (8)

Giroux, Capt. William K.Gladych,* SL MichaelGoehausen, Capt. Walter J. Jr.Harris, Capt. Ernest A. Lines, 1st Lt. Ted E.Rankin, 1st Lt. Robert J.Reynolds, 1st Lt. Andrew J. Scott, Col. Robert L. Jr.Stanch, Capt. Paul M.Summer, Capt. ElliotBankey, Capt. Ernest E. Jr.Spencer, 1st Lt. Dale F.Adams, Capt. Fletcher E.Andrew, Maj. Stephen W.Banks, Maj. William M.Beyer, Capt. William R.Boggs, Capt. Hampton E.Champlin, Capt. Frederic F.Collins, Maj. Frank J.Curdes, 1st Lt. Louis E.Dahl, Capt. Perry J.Dalglish, Maj. James B.Dunkin, Capt. Richard W.Emmons, 1st Lt. Eugene H.Fanning, 1st Lt. Grover E.Feld, 1st Lt. SylvanFiebelkorn, 1st Lt. Ernest C.Forster, 1st Lt. Joseph M.Gallup, Lt. Col. Kenneth W.Hill, Capt. Allen E.Hurlbut, Flight Officer Frank D.Juchheim, Capt. Alwin M.Kiser, Capt. George E.Lesicka, 1st Lt. Joseph J.Meroney, Capt. Virgil K.Morrill, 1st Lt. Stanley B.Overfield, 1st Lt. Loyd J.Paris, Capt. Joel B. IIIRoberts, Lt. Col. Eugene P.Smith, Lt. Col. Meryl M.Stewart, Capt. John S.White, Capt. Robert H.

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Capt. William Shomo (8)

Capt. John Godfrey (16.33)

Wolfe, Capt. Judge E.Bennett, Capt. Joseph H. Cesky, Capt. Charles J.Dorsch, Capt. Frederick J. Jr.Hayes, Lt. Col. Thomas L. Jr.Hoefker, Capt. John H.Jenkins, 2nd Lt. Otto D. Johnson, 1st Lt. Arthur G. Jr.Luksic, 1st Lt. Carl J.McDowell, 1st Lt. DonMcGrattan, Capt. Bernard L.Moats, 1st Lt. Sanford K.Schlegel, Capt. Albert L.Ainlay, 1st Lt. John M.Allen, 1st Lt. David W.Benz, Maj. Walter G. Jr. Booth, 1st Lt. Robert J.Bostwick, Maj. George E.Broadhead, Maj. Joseph E.Carroll, 1st Lt. Walter J. Jr.Cruikshank, Maj. Arthur W. Jr.Damstrom, 1st Lt. Fernley H.Douglas, Lt. Col. Paul P. Jr.Elder, Maj. John L. Jr.Fiedler, Capt. Arthur C. Jr.Fowle, 1st Lt. James M.Gardner, Capt. William A.Gaunt, Capt. Frank L.Gerard, Capt. Francis R.Grosshuesch, Capt. Leroy V.Harris, Capt. Frederick A.Hart, 1st Lt. Kenneth F.Ilfrey, Capt. Jack M.Jackson, Maj. Michael J.Jones, Capt. John L.Kinnard, Lt. Col. Claiborne H. Jr.Maloney, Capt. Thomas E.Momyer, Col. William W.Morehead, 1st Lt. James B. Novotny, 1st Lt. George P.O’Neill, 1st Lt. John G.Paisley, 1st Lt. Melvyn R. Richardson, Maj. Elmer W.Roddy, Capt. Edward F.Rowland, Col. Robert R.Sangermano, 1st Lt. Philip

Schiltz, 1st Lt. Glen D. Jr.Shaw, 1st Lt. Robert M.Shomo, Capt. William A.Smith, Maj. Carroll C.Stanton, Maj. ArlandSublett, Capt. John L.Tapp, Maj. James B.Tovrea, 1st Lt. Philip E. Jr.Tyler, Maj. James O.Vogt, Maj. John W. Jr.Wagner, Lt. Col. Boyd D.Warford, Maj. Victor E.Weaver, Capt. Charles E.Lang, Capt. Joseph L.Stewart, Lt. Col. Everett W.Bryan, Maj. William E. Jr.Cutler, Capt. Frank A.Davis, Capt. Glendon V.Glenn, Maj. Maxwell H.Karger, 1st Lt. Dale E.Lamb, Maj. George M.Lasko, Capt. Charles W.Lowell, Lt. Col. John H.Miklajcyk, Capt. Henry J.Righetti, Lt. Col. Elwyn G.

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*Squadron Leader Gladych was Polish and flew in service with American units, but because the Polish gov-ernment in exile was headquartered in London, Polish pilots had British designations.

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Col. James Howard (7)

1st Lt. Urban Drew (6)

Garrison, 1st Lt. VermontMorris, Capt. James M.Goodnight, 1st Lt. Robert E.Adams, Capt. Burnell W.Allen, 1st Lt. Calvin D. Jr.Anderson, 1st Lt. William Y.Becker, Capt. Robert H.Blair, Capt. Samuel V.Browning, Capt. James W.Carder, 1st Lt. John B.Chapman, Maj. Philip G.Cramer, Maj. Darrell S.Crenshaw, 1st Lt. Claude J.Davis, 1st Lt. George A. Jr.Dean, 1st Lt. Zach W.Duke, Capt. Walter F.Dunaway, 1st Lt. John S.Edens, 2nd Lt. Billy G.Elliott, 1st Lt. Vincent T.Fisher, Capt. Edwin O. Fisk, Capt. Jack A.Franklin, 1st Lt. Dwaine R.Graham, Lt. Col. Gordon M.Grant, 1st Lt. Marvin E.Gregg, 1st Lt. Lee O.Griffin, Maj. Joseph H.Hennon, Capt. William J.Hill, Maj. Frank A.Hockery, Capt. John J.Howard, Col. James H.Jackson, Lt. Col. Willie O. Jr.Jamison, Capt. Gilbert L. Jett, Capt. Verl E.Johnson, Capt. Clarence O.Keen, 1st Lt. Robert J.King, Capt. Benjamin H.Kinsey, 2nd Lt. Claude R. Jr.Klibbe, 2nd Lt. Frank W.Kuentzel, 2nd Lt. Ward A.Lamb, Capt. Robert A.Lewis, Maj. Warren R.Lewis, Lt. Col. William H.Liebers, 2nd Lt. Lawrence P.Little, 1st Lt. James W.Lombard, Maj. John D.Maguire, Capt. William J. Marshall, Maj. Bert W. Jr.McLaughlin, Capt. Murray D.Moore, Maj. John T.O’Brien, 1st Lt. Gilbert M.Older, Lt. Col. Charles H.Pierce, 1st Lt. Joseph F.Pierce, 1st Lt. Sammy A.Poindexter, Capt. James N.Popek, Maj. Edward S.Purdy, 1st Lt. John E.Reynolds, 1st Lt. RobertRogers, Capt. Felix M.Ross, Maj. Herbert E.Sears, 1st Lt. Meldrum L.Shafer, Lt. Col. Dale E. Jr.Shipman, 1st Lt. ErnestShuler, 1st Lt. Lucien B.Simmons, 1st Lt. John M.Smith, Maj. Leslie C.Smith, 1st Lt. Richard E.Stone, 2nd Lt. Robert J.Strand, Capt. William H.Truluck, 1st Lt. John H.Turner, Lt. Col. William L.

Tyler, 1st Lt. Gerald E.Vaughn, Maj. Harley C.Waters, 1st Lt. Edward T.Wheadon, Capt. Elmer M.Whittaker, Capt. Roy E.Wicker, Maj. Samuel J.Wilkinson, Capt. James W.Wire, 1st Lt. Calvin C.Woods, Lt. Col. Sidney S.Woody, Capt. Robert E.Zoerb, Capt. Daniel J.Murphy, Lt. Col. John B.Cummings, Capt. Donald M.Gray, Maj. Rockford V.Hoffman, 1st Lt. James E. Jr.Hubbard, Lt. Col. Mark E.Hunt, 1st Lt. Edward E.Koenig, 1st Lt. Charles W.Kruzel, Lt. Col. Joseph J.Moseley, Capt. Mark L.Rader, 1st Lt. Valentine S.Riley, 1st Lt. Paul S.Welden, 1st Lt. Robert D.Adams, 1st Lt. Charles E. Jr.Alison, Lt. Col. John R.Anderson, 1st Lt. Wyman D. Andrews, 1st Lt. Stanley O.Baker, 1st Lt. Ellis C. Jr.Baseler, Lt. Col. Robert L. Bille, Maj. Henry S.Blumer, Capt. Laurence E.Brown, 1st Lt. Harley L.Brown, Capt. Harry W.Brown, Capt. Meade M.Buck, Capt. George T. Jr.Callaway, Maj. Raymond H.Campbell, 1st Lt. Richard A.Candelaria, 1st Lt. Richard G.Care, Capt. Raymond C.Carlson, Capt. Kendall E.Carter, Capt. James R.Chick, Lt. Col. Lewis W. Jr.Coffey, Lt. Col. Robert L. Jr.Collinsworth, Capt. J.D.Cook, Capt. Walter V.Crawford, 2nd Lt. RayCrim, Maj. Harry C. Jr.Cundy, 1st Lt. Arthur C.Czarnecki, 1st Lt. Edward J.

Davis, 1st Lt. Barrie S.Dean, 2nd Lt. Cecil O.Degraffenreid, 2nd Lt. Edwin L.Dent, Capt. Elliott E. Jr.Dillard, Capt. William J.Drew, 1st Lt. Urban L.Drier, Capt. William C.Eason, 1st Lt. Hoyt A.Emerson, Capt. Warren S.Emmert, 1st Lt. Benjamin H. Jr.Evans, Lt. Col. Andrew J. Jr.Evans, Maj. Roy W.Everhart, Capt. Lee R.Fleischer, Capt. Richard H.Foulis, Capt. William B. Jr.Froning, 1st Lt. Alfred C.Gallup, Capt. Charles S.Goss, Maj. Edmund R.Gresham, 1st Lt. Billy M.Gumm, 1st Lt. Charles F. Jr.Hagerstrom, 1st Lt. James P.Hall, 1st Lt. George F.Hanes, 1st Lt. William F. Jr.Harmeyer, 1st Lt. Raymond F.Hart, Capt. Cameron M.Haviland, Capt. Fred R. Jr.Hill, Col. David L.Hogg, Capt. Roy B.Holloway, 1st Lt. James D.Howard, 1st Lt. Robert L. Howes, 1st Lt. Bernard H.Hurd, 1st Lt. Richard F.Ince, 1st Lt. James C.Johnston, Lt. Col. Robert D.Jones, 1st Lt. Cyril W. Jr.Jordan, Maj. Wallace R.Karr, Capt. Robert A.Kemp, 2nd Lt. William T.Kienholz, 1st Lt. Donald D.Lane, 1st Lt. John H.Larson, Maj. Donald A.Larson, 2nd Lt. Leland A.Lubner, Capt. Martin W.Lucas, Capt. Paul W.Lustic, 1st Lt. Stanley J.McDaniel, 1st Lt. Gordon H.McGee, Capt. Donald C.McKeon, Capt. Joseph T.Meigs, 1st Lt. Henry II

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Col. Clinton Vincent (6)

Maj. John Alison (6), Maj. David Hill (6), and Capt. Albert Baumler (5)

Meuten, 1st Lt. Donald W.Miller, Capt. Armour C.Mills, Maj. Henry L.Mugavero, 1st Lt. James D.Murphey, Capt. Paul C. Jr.Murphy, Capt. Alva C.Ohr, Capt. Fred F.Olson, Capt. Norman E.Pietz, 1st Lt. John Jr.Pissanos, 1st Lt. Spiros N.Pugh, Capt. John F.Reed, Capt. William N.Reeves, 1st Lt. Horace B.Reeves, 1st Lt. Leonard R.Roberson, 1st Lt. Arval J.Scheible, Capt. Wilbur R.Schildt, 1st Lt. William J.Schimanski, Capt. Robert G.Simmons, 1st Lt. William J.Smith, 1st Lt. John C.Starck, Capt. Walter E.Starnes, Capt. James R.Taylor, Capt. Ralph G. Jr.Thwaites, Capt. David F.Turley, 2nd Lt. Grant M. Vincent, Col. Clinton D.Wainwright, 2nd Lt. John H. Jr.Walker, 1st Lt. Thomas H.Wandrey, Capt. Ralph H.Welch, Capt. Robert E.Wenige, 1st Lt. Arthur E.Whalen, 1st Lt. William E.White, 2nd Lt. Thomas A.Williams, 1st Lt. James M.Witt, Capt. Lynn E. Jr.Wright, Capt. Ellis W. Jr.Zubarik, 1st Lt. Charles J. Fortier, Capt. Norman J.Koraleski, Capt. Walter J. Jr.Amoss, 1st Lt. Dudley M.Bickel, 1st Lt. Carl G.Burdick, 1st Lt. Clinton D.Buttke, Capt. Robert L.Compton, Capt. Gordon B.Edwards, 1st Lt. Edward B. Jr.Gailer, 1st Lt. Frank L.

Graham, Capt. Lindol F.Hatala, Capt. Paul R.Heller, Capt. Edwin L.Holmes, 1st Lt. Besby F.Horne, 1st Lt. Francis W.King, 1st Lt. William B.Lampe, 1st Lt. Richard C.Lenfest, Capt. Charles W.Long, Capt. Maurice G.McCauley, 1st Lt. Frank E.Minchew, Capt. Leslie D.O’Brien, Capt. William R.Pascoe, 1st Lt. James J.Pompetti, 1st Lt. Peter E.Ruder, 1st Lt. Leroy A.Shoup, 1st Lt. Robert L.Smith, 1st Lt. Donovan F.Tanner, Capt. William F.Vanden Heuvel, 1st Lt. George R.Waits, 1st Lt. Joe W.Wang, 1st Lt. Kuang FuWinks, 1st Lt. Robert P.Biel, 1st Lt. Hipolitus T.Vinson, Capt. Arnold E.Dorris, Maj. Harry W.

Miller, 2nd Lt. Thomas F.Thompson, 1st Lt. Robert D.Duffy, Capt. James E. Jr.Abernathy, Capt. Robert W.Adams, 1st Lt. Robert H.Allen, 1st Lt. William H.Ambort, 2nd Lt. Ernest J.Ammon, 1st Lt. Robert H.Andersen, 1st Lt. Leslie E.Anderson, 1st Lt. Richard H. Arasmith, 1st Lt. Lester L.Archibald, 1st Lt. David B. Aron, 1st Lt. William E.Aust, Capt. Abner M. Jr.Axtell, 1st Lt. Eugene D. Baccus, Lt. Col. Donald A.Bade, 1st Lt. Jack A.Bank, 1st Lt. Raymond M. Barber, 1st Lt. Rex T. Barkey, 1st Lt. Robert M.Barnes, 1st Lt. Truman S.Baumler, Capt. Albert J.Bearden, 2nd Lt. Aaron L. Beavers, Capt. Edward H. Jr.Benne, 1st Lt. LouisBolyard, Capt. John W.Bonner, 1st Lt. Stephen J.Bostrom, 1st Lt. Ernest O.Bradley, Maj. John L.Brown, Capt. GeraldByrne, 1st Lt. Robert J.Byrnes, Capt. Robert C.Castle, 2nd Lt. Nial K.Chandler, Capt. George T.Chandler, 1st Lt. Van E.Cleaveland, 2nd Lt. Arthur B.Clinger, Capt. Dallas A.Cloud, Capt. Vivian A.Cochran, 2nd Lt. Paul R.Colman, 1st Lt. Philip E.Comstock, Maj. Harold E.Condon, Capt. Henry L. IICoons, Capt. Merle M.Cox, Capt. Ralph L. Cranfill, Maj. Niven K.Cullerton, 1st Lt. William J.Curton, 1st Lt. Warren D.Daniel, Col. William A.Daniell, 1st Lt. J.S.Davis, Capt. Clayton E.Day, 1st Lt. William C. Jr.Deakins, 1st Lt. Richard S.Della, 1st Lt. GeorgeDick, Capt. Frederick E.Dikovitsky, 1st Lt. MichaelDonaldson, 2nd Lt. I.B. JackDregne, Lt. Col. Irwin H.Dubisher, Maj. Francis E.Dubois, 1st Lt. Charles H.Duffy, 2nd Lt. Richard E.Egan, 1st Lt. Joseph L. Jr.Elder, Maj. Robert A.Empey, 1st Lt. James W.Ernst, 1st Lt. Herman E.Faxon, 1st Lt. Richard D.Felts, 1st Lt. Marion C.Fenex, Capt. James E. Jr.

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Capt. Edwin Heller (5.5)

Lt. Col. Harrison Thyng (5)

Fiedler, 1st Lt. William F. Jr.Fields, Capt. Virgil C. Jr.Fischette, 1st Lt. Charles R.Fisher, 1st Lt. Rodney W.Fisk, Capt. Harry E.Flack, Capt. Nelson D. Jr.Ford, Maj. Claude E.Gardner, Maj. Warner F.Gerick, 2nd Lt. StevenGholson, Capt. Grover D.Gibb, 1st Lt. Robert D.Gladen, 1st Lt. Cyrus R.Goodrich, 1st Lt. Burdett C.Gordon, Capt. Mathew M. Jr.Graham, 2nd Lt. Robert F.Griffith, 1st Lt. Robert C.Gross, Capt. Clayton K.Grosvenor, Capt. William Jr.Gupton, 1st Lt. Cheatham W.Hammer, 1st Lt. Samuel E.Hanna, 2nd Lt. Harry T.Hanseman, 1st Lt. Chris J.Harrington, 1st Lt. Archibald A.Harris, Capt. Thomas L. Hartley, Capt. Raymond E. Jr.Hatch, 2nd Lt. Herbert B. Jr.Hauver, 1st Lt. Charles D.Haworth, 1st Lt. Russell C.Hendricks, Maj. Randall W.Hill, Maj. James E.Hiro, Maj. Edwin W.Hnatio, 1st Lt. Myron M.Hodges, Capt. William R.Hoffman, 1st Lt. Cullen J.House, 1st Lt. A.T. Jr.Howe, 1st Lt. David W.Hoyt, Capt. Edward R.Hunter, Capt. Alvaro J.Icard, 2nd Lt. Joe W.Johnson, Capt. Evan M.V.Jones, Capt. Curran L.Jones, Capt. Frank C.Jones, Capt. Lynn F.Jones, 2nd Lt. Warren L. Julian, Maj. William H.Kennedy, 1st Lt. DanielKing, Maj. Charles W.King, 1st Lt. David L.Kirby, 1st Lt. Marion F.

Kirkland, 1st Lt. Lenton F. Jr.Knapp, Capt. Robert H. Knott, 1st Lt. Carroll S.Kopsel, 1st Lt. Edward H.Lathrope, 2nd Lt. Franklin C.Lazear, 1st Lt. Earl R. Jr.Lee, 1st Lt. Richard J.Leikness, Capt. Marlow J.Lenox, 2nd Lt. Jack Jr.Liles, Maj. Robert L.London, Capt. Charles P.Loving, Capt. George G. Jr.Lutton, 1st Lt. Lowell C.Mackay, 2nd Lt. John A.Magoffin, Col. Morton D.Mahon, Capt. KeithMahony, Lt. Col. GrantMankin, Capt. Jack C.Markham, Capt. Gene E.Marsh, 1st Lt. Lester C.Martin, Col. Kenneth R.Mason, Col. Joe L.Mathis, 1st Lt. William H.Mathre, 2nd Lt. Milden E. Matte, 1st Lt. Joseph Z.Maxwell, Capt. Chester K.McArthur, 1st Lt. Paul G.McArthur, Capt. T.H.McDonough, Maj. William F.McElroy, Capt. James N.McGinn, Lt. Col. John L.McGuyrt, 1st Lt. John W. Jr.McMinn, Flight Officer Evan D.Merritt, Maj. George L. Jr.Miller, 1st Lt. EverettMiller, Capt. Joseph E. Jr.Milliken, 1st Lt. Robert C.Monk, 1st Lt. Franklin H.Mooney, 2nd Lt. Raymond P.Morriss, Capt. Paul V.Mulhollem, 1st Lt. Robert F.Myers, 1st Lt. Jennings L.Myers, Lt. Col. Raymond B.Nichols, Maj. Franklin A.Nollmeyer, Maj. Edward M. Oberhansly, Maj. Jack J.Olson, 1st Lt. Paul E.O’Neill, Capt. Eugene W. Jr.O’Neill, 1st Lt. Lawrence F.

Osher, Capt. Ernest K.Overcash, 1st Lt. Robert J.Owens, Maj. Joel A. Jr.Parham, Capt. Forrest F.Paulk, 2nd Lt. EdselPayne, Capt. Carl W.Perdomo, 1st Lt. Oscar F.Pool, 1st Lt. Kenneth R.Porter, 1st Lt. Philip B.Powers, 2nd Lt. MacarthurPrice, Maj. Jack C.Priest, 1st Lt. Royce W.Pryor, Capt. Roger C.Quigley, Maj. Donald L.Ray, 1st Lt. C.B.Reese, 1st Lt. William C.Ritchey, 1st Lt. Andrew J.Roberts, Capt. Newell O.Rose, 1st Lt. Franklin Jr.Rounds, 1st Lt. Gerald L.Rudolph, 1st Lt. Henry S.Rynne, Capt. William A.Schank, 1st Lt. Thomas D.Schriber, Capt. LouisSchuh, 1st Lt. Duerr H.Schultz (Shoals), Capt. Robert B.Sears, 1st Lt. Alexander F.Seidman, 1st Lt. Robert K.Smith, Capt. Jack R.Smith, Capt. Kenneth G.Smith, 1st Lt. Paul A.Smith, 1st Lt. Virgil H.Stangel, Capt. William J.Stanley, 1st Lt. Morris A.Suehr, 1st Lt. Richard C.Sullivan, Capt. Charles P.Sutcliffe, 1st Lt. Robert C.Sykes, 1st Lt. William J.Talbot, Maj. Gilbert F.Taylor, Col. Oliver B.Thyng, Lt. Col. Harrison R.Tierney, 1st Lt. Robert E.Tilley, 1st Lt. John A.Tordoff, Capt. Harrison B.Trafton, 1st Lt. Frederick O. Jr.Troxell, Capt. Clifton H.Vaught, Capt. Robert H.Visscher, 1st Lt. Herman W.Vogt, Capt. John E.Waggoner, 1st Lt. Horace Q.Walker, 1st Lt. Walter B. Jr.Warner, Capt. Jack A.Warren, Capt. Jack R.Watson, Maj. Ralph J.Watts, Capt. Oran S.Weatherford, 1st Lt. Sidney W.Webb, Maj. Willard J.Welch, Capt. Darrell G.Wesson, 1st Lt. Warren M.White, 1st Lt. John H.Wilhelm, Capt. David C.Wilkins, 2nd Lt. Paul H.Williams, 1st Lt. Russell D.Wilson, Capt. William F.Wire, Maj. Ralph L.Wiseman, Capt. Lee V.Wolford, 1st Lt. John L.Wright, Capt. Max J.Yaeger, Capt. Robert R. Jr.York, 1st Lt. Robert M.

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Capt. Charles DeBellevue (6) and Capt. Richard Ritchie (5)Capt. Jeffrey Feinstein (5)

Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr. (16)

DeBellevue, Capt. Charles B.Feinstein, Capt. Jeffrey S.Ritchie, Capt. Richard S.

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McConnell, Capt. Joseph C. Jr.Jabara, Maj. JamesFernandez, Capt. Manuel J. Jr.Davis, Maj. George A. Jr.Baker, Col. Royal N.Blesse, Maj. Frederick C.Fischer, Capt. Harold E.Garrison, Lt. Col. VermontJohnson, Col. James K.Moore, Capt. Lonnie R.

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USAF Aces of the Korean War

USAF Aces of the Vietnam War

Parr, Capt. Ralph S. Jr.Foster, Capt. Cecil G.Low, 1st Lt. James F.Hagerstrom, Maj. James P.Risner, Capt. RobinsonRuddell, Lt. Col. George I.Buttelmann, 1st Lt. HenryJolley, Capt. Clifford D.Lilley, Capt. Leonard W.Adams, Maj. Donald E.Gabreski, Col. Francis S.Jones, Lt. Col. George L.Marshall, Maj. Winton W.Bolt, Maj. John F.Kasler, 1st Lt. James H.Love, Capt. Robert J.Whisner, Maj. William T. Jr.Baldwin, Col. Robert P.Becker, Capt. Richard S.Bettinger, Maj. Stephen L.Creighton, Maj. Richard D.Curtin, Capt. Clyde A.Gibson, Capt. Ralph D.Kincheloe, Capt. Iven C. Jr.Latshaw, Capt. Robert T. Jr.

10998.50887776.506.506.506.506665.5055555555 Maj. William Whisner Jr. (5.50)

Moore, Capt. Robert H.Overton, Capt. Dolphin D. IIIThyng, Col. Harrison R.Wescott, Maj. William H.

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Bong, Maj. Richard I.McGuire, Maj. Thomas B. Jr.Gabreski, Col. Francis S.Johnson, Capt. Robert S.MacDonald, Col. Charles H.Preddy, Maj. George E.Meyer, Col. John C.Rickenbacker, Capt. Edward V.Mahurin, Col. Walker M.Schilling, Col. David C.Johnson, Lt. Col. Gerald R.Kearby, Col. Neel E.Robbins, Maj. Jay T.Christensen, Capt. Fred J.Wetmore, Capt. Ray S.Davis, Maj. George A. Jr.Voll, Capt. John J.Whisner, Capt. William T. Jr.Eagleston, Col. Glenn T.Lynch, Lt. Col. Thomas J.Westbrook, Lt. Col. Robert B.Gentile, Capt. Don S.

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bUnder World War II and Korean War counting rules, Rickenbacker would have been cred-ited with 24.33 victories. The change would not alter his position on this list.

aOlds’ four additional victories came during the Vietnam War.

Gabreski, Col. Francis S.Meyer, Col. John C.Mahurin, Col. Walker M.Davis, Maj. George A. Jr.Whisner, Maj. William T. Jr.Eagleston, Col. Glenn T.Garrison, Lt. Col. VermontBaker, Col. Royal N.Jabara, Maj. JamesOlds, Col. RobinMitchell, Col. John W.Brueland, Maj. Lowell K.Hagerstrom, Maj. James P.Hovde, Lt. Col. William J.Johnson, Col. James K.Ruddell, Lt. Col. George I.Thyng, Col. Harrison R.Colman, Capt. Philip E.Heller, Lt. Col. Edwin L.Chandler, Maj. Van E.Hockery, Maj. John J.Creighton, Maj. Richard D.Emmert, Lt. Col. Benjamin H.Bettinger, Maj. Stephen L.Visscher, Maj. Herman W.Liles, Capt. Brooks J.Mattson, Capt. Conrad E.Shaeffer, Maj. William F.

WW II

282420.75715.5018.507.333.501.50121112.50610.5012.50555.50572615112

Korean/Other

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Total

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AAF/USAF Aces With Victories in Both World War II and a Later War

Lt. Col. John Meyer (26)

Capt. Walker Mahurin (24.25) and Maj. Walter Beckham (18)

Leading Air Service/AAF/USAF Aces of All Wars

Maj. George Davis Jr. (21)