Steven M. Shepro | |
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Born | Hollywood, CA |
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Years of service | 1984–2019 |
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Steven Michael Shepro [1] is a former lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as the 21st deputy chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee. [2] , the 31-nation alliance's highest military authority.
Raised in Hollywood, California, [1] General Shepro was commissioned in 1984 as a distinguished graduate (magna cum laude) of the U.S. Air Force Academy and is an Olmsted Scholar fluent in multiple languages. He is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in fighters, helicopters, and tactical airlift with over 600 combat hours in numerous operations. He commanded at operational squadron, group and wing levels, and led frontline Battlefield Airmen in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served on the U.S. Joint Staff, Air Staff, and in Coalition Command and Combatant Command positions. General Shepro retired out of the Air Force in 2019.
In 2020, he joined Boeing and held several executive positions as Vice President of Fixed-Wing Aircraft, Global Sales & Marketing and Vice President Bombers & Fighters, Business Development for Boeing Defense, Space & Security, and was a member of Boeing's corporate Sustainability Council.
In 2023, Shepro joined Pratt & Whitney, and is currently Vice President of Integrated Customer Solutions, overseeing domestic and global business development of the company's defense sector. He is also a teaching fellow at SMU's Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs, a senior mentor for the NATO Defense College, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a director of the Olmsted Foundation.
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,000, including 600 combat hours
Aircraft flown: F-16, A-10, H-1, C-27
Insignia | Rank | Date |
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![]() | Lieutenant general | Nov. 3, 2016 |
![]() | Major general | Dec. 3, 2013 |
![]() | Brigadier general | Aug. 2, 2010 |
![]() | Colonel | July 1, 2005 |
![]() | Lieutenant colonel | April 1, 2000 |
![]() | Major | Dec. 1, 1995 |
![]() | Captain | May 30, 1988 |
![]() | First lieutenant | May 30, 1986 |
![]() | Second lieutenant | May 30, 1984 |
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