Lieutenant General (Retired) Daniel P. "Fig" Leaf was Deputy Commander and Acting Commander,United States Pacific Command,Camp H. M. Smith,Hawaii.
Lieutenant General Robert J. "Bob" Elder Jr. is the former Commander,8th Air Force;Commander,Barksdale Air Force Base,Louisiana;and Commander,Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike,U.S. Strategic Command,Offutt AFB,Nebraska. He is now a member of the research faculty at George Mason University. As one of three active-duty numbered air forces in Air Combat Command,8th Air Force provides long-range global strike,battle management,surveillance and reconnaissance,intelligence,information operations,tactical air control,and expeditionary heavy construction capabilities to combatant commanders. The "Mighty Eighth" also conducted computer network operations as the Air Force component to the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations before that duty was transferred to 24th Air Force,and trains Air and Space Operations Center personnel for worldwide deployment and participation in the multinational Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment.
Claude Robert "Bob" Kehler,is a retired United States Air Force general who served as Commander,United States Strategic Command from January 28,2011 to November 15,2013. He previously served as Commander,Air Force Space Command from October 12,2007 to January 5,2011. As commander of Air Force Space Command,he was responsible for the development,acquisition and operation of the Air Force's space and missile systems. He oversaw a global network of satellite command and control,communications,missile warning and launch facilities,and ensures the combat readiness of America's intercontinental ballistic missile force. He led more than 39,700 space professionals who provide combat forces and capabilities to North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Strategic Command. He was also responsible for the plans and operations for all U.S. forces conducting strategic deterrence and Department of Defense space and cyberspace operations. He officially retired from the Air Force on January 1,2014 after nearly 39 years of service.
General Lester L. Lyles is a former United States Air Force general,Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force,and Commander,Air Force Materiel Command,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio. After retirement from the Air Force in 2003,he became a company director for General Dynamics,DPL Inc.,KBR,Inc.,Precision Castparts Corp.,MTC Technologies,Battelle Memorial Institute and USAA. Lyles is also a trustee of Analytic Services and a managing partner of Four Seasons Ventures,LLC.
Bruce Allen Carlson,was the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the sixth Commander,Air Force Materiel Command,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio. The command conducts research,development,test and evaluation,and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. After over 37 years of service,he retired from the Air Force on January 1,2009. Carlson served as a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from April 2009 to October 2015.
General Lance W. Lord is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force who served as Commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.
General William M. Fraser III is a retired United States Air Force officer who served as Commander,United States Transportation Command. He previously served as Commander,Air Combat Command from September 10,2009 to September 30,2011,the 34th Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force from 9 October 2008 to 27 August 2009,and as Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from May 2006 to 8 October 2008. As the Assistant to the CJCS,Fraser oversaw matters requiring close personal control by the Chairman,with particular focus on international relations and politico-military concerns. As commander of United States Transportation Command,Fraser was in charge of managing all global air,land and sea transportation. He retired 5 May,2014.
Richard E. Webber is a retired United States Air Force major general. He was the first commander of the Twenty-Fourth Air Force,which is focused on cyberspace operations. The Twenty-Fourth Air Force is located in San Antonio,Texas,and stood up in place of the originally proposed larger Major Command organization,Air Force Cyber Command. Webber graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1975 and has worked in the space and missile career field.
Ellen Marie Pawlikowski is a retired four-star general of the United States Air Force. She last served as the commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from June 8,2015,to the end of July 2018,managing some 80,000 people and $60 billion in Air Force programs annually. Pawlikowski retired from the Air Force on September 1,2018,after 40 years of service. She currently serves on the board of directors for Raytheon Technologies,one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the world,and is a Judge Widney Professor at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering.
Brigadier General Cary C. Chun is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force. He served as the Deputy Commander,Operations and Interagency Integration,Joint Functional Component Command for Space,United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM),and the Director for Mission Operations,National Reconnaissance Office. In this role,he led all Department of Defense space forces aligned with USSTRATCOM and provided tailored,responsive,local and global effects in support of national,USSTRATCOM and combatant commander objectives. As Director for Mission Operations,he led operations for all NRO overhead reconnaissance systems,ground stations,operational communications,and the operations center used to conduct intelligence activities essential for the national security of the United States and its allies.
Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello retired as a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force on May 24,2017. From May 2014 to May 24,2017,she was the director of the Defense Contract Management Agency,based in Fort Lee,Virginia.
Major General Robert Alan "Rosie" Rosenberg of United States Air Force was Director of Defense Mapping Agency from July 1985 to September 1987. Throughout his 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force,he was instrumental to the U.S. satellite program. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2005.
Donna D. Shipton is a major general in the United States Air Force who serves as deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office. She previously served as director of strategic plans,programs,requirements,and analyses of the Air Force Materiel Command.
Bradley Chance Saltzman is a United States Space Force lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy chief of space operations,nuclear,and cyber. He is the first lieutenant general of the Space Force and the first general officer promoted into the new service.
Donald Jason Cothern is a brigadier general in the United States Space Force currently serving as the deputy commander of the Space Systems Command. He transferred to the Space Force from the United States Air Force in May 2021.
The structure of the United States Space Force refers to the different types of organizational units in the service:the Space Staff,the field commands,and the space deltas.
Steven P. Whitney is a United States Space Force brigadier general who has served as the military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration since August 24,2021. He is responsible for research and development,test,production,product support,and modernization of Space Force programs worth more than $15 billion annually. His responsibilities include crafting program strategies and options for representing Department of the Air Force positions to the Office of the Secretary of Defense,Congress and the White House.
Michael Anthony Guetlein is a United States Space Force lieutenant general who serves as the first commander of the Space Systems Command. He most recently served as the deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office.
Devin Ruben Pepper is a United States Space Force brigadier general who is the deputy director of strategy,plans and policy of the United States Space Command. He previously commanded Buckley Garrison. He is the first African American general officer in the Space Force and the first one to have enlisted before commissioning as an officer.
Mark D. Stillwagon is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general who served from 1985 until 2017. He served in various operational and staff assignments at the squadron,wing,center,major command,Combat Support Agency,and joint levels while on active duty and as a member of the Air National Guard and United States Air Force Reserve. Deployments include Venezuela as part of a cooperative Combat Search and Rescue training effort and Incirlik Air Base,Turkey,in support of Operation Northern Watch. In the wake of 9/11,the general was assigned to the Joint Staff to direct targeting and battle damage assessment activities during Operation Enduring Freedom.
