The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (AFDSM) is a military decoration of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force and is presented to airmen and guardians to recognize distinguished and exceptionally meritorious service to the United States while serving in a duty or position of great responsibility. The Air Force Distinguished Service Medal was created by an act of the United States Congress on July 6, 1960 and was first awarded in 1965. Prior to the creation of the Distinguished Service Medal in 1960, United States Air Force airmen were awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.
The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is a graduate school and provider of professional and continuing education for the United States Armed Forces and is part of the United States Air Force. It is in Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. AFIT is a component of the Air University and Air Education and Training Command.
John J. Allen Jr. is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the commander of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. He previously commanded the Air Force Civil Engineer Center.
David Dean Thompson is a United States Space Force general currently serving as the service's first vice chief of space operations. He previously served as the vice commander of the United States Space Force, a position he retained from the Air Force Space Command when it was established as a separate service branch, from April 2, 2018, to September 30, 2020. He assumed his current assignment on October 2, 2020.
The Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force was a position in the United States Air Force held by a lieutenant general who also served as the director of the Air Staff. The holder of the position oversees the administration and organization of the Air Staff, which develops policies, plans and programs; establishes requirements; and provides resources to support the Air Force's mission. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Air Force Council, and is the Air Force accreditation official for the international Corps of Air Attachés.
The Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations of the United States Air Force is a position in the United States Air Force tasked with the development and implementation of policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of Air Force intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and cyber effects operations capabilities. Commonly referred to as the A26, it is held by a lieutenant general who also serves as the representative of the Air Force to the intelligence community. The position is one of among the ten same positions in the Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force. As such, the officeholder of this position serves in the Air Staff. The current holder of this position is Lieutenant General Leah G. Lauderback.
Maj. Gen. Jason R. Armagost is a United States Air Force major general serving as the director of operations and communications of the Air Force Global Strike Command. Previously, he was the commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.
Anthony W. Genatempo is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the director of the C3I Networks Directorate at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. He previously commanded the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center from 2020 to 2022.
Robert Scott Jobe is a United States Air Force major general serving as the Director of Plans, Programs, and Requirements of the Air Combat Command since July 2021. Previously, he was the director of strategic plans of the United States Air Force. In February 2021, he was nominated for promotion to major general and assigned to become director of plans, programs, and requirements of the Air Combat Command, replacing Major General Case Cunningham.
Jeffrey R. King is a United States Air Force major general serving as the commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. In February 2021, he was nominated and confirmed for promotion to major general, and was promoted effective July 6, 2021.
David B. Lyons is a United States Air Force major general who serves as the director of air and space operations of the Air Combat Command. He has was commanded the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. In February 2021, he was nominated for promotion to major general.
Heather L. Pringle is a United States Air Force major general serving as the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory. Previously, she was the director of strategic plans of the U.S. Air Force.
Clark J. Quinn is a United States Air Force major general serving as assistant deputy commander of the United States Air Forces Central Command and assistant vice commander of the 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force. He previously served as the vice director for strategy, plans, and policy of the United States Central Command and prior to that was the vice commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force - Afghanistan. In February 2021, he was nominated and confirmed for promotion to major general, which became effective July 6, 2021.
Adrian L. Spain is a United States Air Force major general serving as the chief of staff of the United States European Command since July 2022. He has commanded the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing from 2018 to 2019.
Robert Irving Miller is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as the twenty-fourth Surgeon General of the United States Air Force and also serves as the Surgeon General of the United States Space Force.
Richard Garner Moore Jr. is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who has served as deputy chief of staff for plans and programs of the U.S. Air Force since July 2022. He previously served as director of programs of the U.S. Air Force.
Robert W. Claude is a United States Air Force brigadier general who serves as the mobilization assistant to the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements, and analysis. Previously, he was the mobilization assistant to the director of strategic requirements, architectures and analysis of the Air Force Space Command, later Space Operations Command.
Jerry D. Harris Jr. is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs of the United States Air Force. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans, Programs, and Requirements of the United States Air Force.
This is a list of all commanders, deputy commanders, senior enlisted leaders, and chiefs of staff of the United States Strategic Command.
