Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
May 03, 2024
The superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy is the senior officer and commander of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The position is normally held by an active duty Air Force lieutenant general, and is roughly equivalent to the president of a university. Because the Academy is a Direct Reporting Unit, the superintendent reports directly to the Air Force Chief of Staff. The superintendent oversees all aspects of the Academy, including military training, academics, athletics, admissions and the base infrastructure.
Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
The position of superintendent is established by statute, under 10 U.S.C. § 9333[1] and 10 U.S.C. § 9333a.[2] Under those sections of law, the superintendent is appointed by the president of the United States, must serve as superintendent at least three years, and must retire at the end of his tour as superintendent, unless the retirement is waived by the Secretary of Defense under 10 U.S.C. § 8921.[3] The practice of mandatory retirement has changed over time, however, as many early superintendents went on to higher positions in the Air Force after their terms at the Academy.
Although it is not an official requirement for the position, nearly all superintendents have received their commissions from the academy (or from the USMA, if they graduated prior to the establishment of the USAFA).
^Lieutenant general; pursuit/fighter and bomber pilot; World War II veteran; commander of allied air units in the Solomon Islands campaign (March–June 1944); first academy superintendent, served while the Academy was temporarily based at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado; main administration building at the Academy, Harmon Hall, is named in his honor
^Lieutenant general; pursuit/fighter pilot; World War II veteran; oversaw the Academy's move to its permanent location in Colorado Springs; later commanded Air Training Command (1959-1963)
^General; bomber pilot; World War II veteran; associate professor of social sciences at West Point (1946-1950); later air deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1966-1968)
^Lieutenant general; bomber pilot; World War II and Korean War veteran; later served as deputy assistant secretary of defense (international security affairs) for military assistance and sales (1969-1971)
^Lieutenant general; observation and reconnaissance pilot; World War II veteran; 16 years of weather operations culminating as Air Weather Service commander; vice commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces (1961-1965)
^Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; Vietnam War veteran; later Vice Commander of Tactical Air Command)
^Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; Korean War and Vietnam War veteran; also served as commander, Alaskan Air Command (1978-1981), and deputy commander, United States Forces Korea (1981-1983); completed the Academy's freefall parachute training while superintendent—the oldest and highest-ranking person to earn jump wings through that program
^Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; Vietnam War veteran; Pilot with the Thunderbirds (1964-1966)
^Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; first graduate in the order of merit in the first class at the Academy; Academy's first Rhodes Scholar; first Academy graduate to return as superintendent; president of National Defense University (1986-1989)
^Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; Vietnam War veteran; resigned as superintendent in the wake of the 2003 sexual assault scandal; demoted to major general upon his retirement
^Lieutenant general; fighter pilot; later served as president of The Citadel, (2005-present)
^Lieutenant general; personnel officer; commander of Air University (2004-2005)
^Lieutenant general; first female superintendent of a United States service academy, following Rear Admiral Sandra L. Stosz of the United States Coast Guard Academy; transport and tanker pilot; director of strategy, policy, programs and logistics, U.S. Transportation Command (2009-2011); deputy chief of staff, operations and intelligence, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (2011-2013); Rhodes Scholar, Class of 1983; has also served as a USAFA assistant professor of political science, USAF aide to the president, and commander of the 97th Operations Group at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
^Lieutenant General; fighter pilot; Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command; Commander, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center; Vice Commander, 14th Air Force; aide-de-camp to Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
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The superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy is the senior officer and commander of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado The position is normally held by an active duty Air Force lieutenant general and is roughly equivalent to the president of a university Because the Academy is a Direct Reporting Unit the superintendent reports directly to the Air Force Chief of Staff The superintendent oversees all aspects of the Academy including military training academics athletics admissions and the base infrastructure Superintendent of the United States Air Force AcademyIncumbentLieutenant GeneralRichard M Clarksince 23 September 2020United States Air ForceReports toChief of Staff of the Air ForceAppointerThe Presidentwith Senate advice and consentFirst holderHubert R HarmonDeputyVice Commander The position of superintendent is established by statute under 10 U S C 9333 1 and 10 U S C 9333a 2 Under those sections of law the superintendent is appointed by the president of the United States must serve as superintendent at least three years and must retire at the end of his tour as superintendent unless the retirement is waived by the Secretary of Defense under 10 U S C 8921 3 The practice of mandatory retirement has changed over time however as many early superintendents went on to higher positions in the Air Force after their terms at the Academy Although it is not an official requirement for the position nearly all superintendents have received their commissions from the academy or from the USMA if they graduated prior to the establishment of the USAFA Contents 1 List of superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy 2 List of vice superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy 3 Notes 4 See also 5 ReferencesList of superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy editNo Superintendent Term Class Year Notes andReference Portrait Name Took office Left office Term length 1 nbsp no wrap Lieutenant GeneralHubert R Harmon 1892 1957 27 July 195428 July 19562 years 1 day nbsp USMA 1915 a 4 2 nbsp Briggs James E Major GeneralJames E Briggs 1906 1979 28 July 195617 August 19595 years 20 days nbsp USMA 1928 b 5 3 nbsp Stone William S Major GeneralWilliam S Stone 1910 1968 17 August 19599 July 19622 years 326 days nbsp USMA 1934 c 6 4 nbsp Warren Robert H Major GeneralRobert H Warren 1917 2010 9 July 19621 July 19653 years 54 days nbsp USMA 1940 d 7 5 nbsp Moorman Thomas S Lieutenant GeneralThomas S Moorman 1910 1997 1 July 19651 August 19704 years 334 days nbsp USMA 1933 e 8 6 nbsp Clark Albert P Lieutenant GeneralAlbert P Clark 1913 2010 1 August 19701 August 19744 years 0 days nbsp USMA 1936 f 9 7 nbsp Allen James R Lieutenant GeneralJames R Allen 1925 1992 1 August 197428 June 19772 years 331 days nbsp USMA 1948 g 10 8 nbsp Tallman Kenneth L Lieutenant GeneralKenneth L Tallman 1925 2006 28 June 197716 June 19813 years 353 days nbsp USMA 1946 h 11 9 nbsp Kelley Robert E Major GeneralRobert E Kelley 1933 2021 16 June 198116 June 19832 years 0 days nbsp GWU AFROTC 1956 i 12 10 nbsp Scott Winfield W Jr Lieutenant GeneralWinfield W Scott Jr 1927 2022 16 June 198326 June 19874 years 10 days nbsp USMA 1950 j 13 11 nbsp Hamm Charles R Lieutenant GeneralCharles R Hamm born 1933 26 June 198725 June 19913 years 364 days nbsp USMA 1956 k 14 12 nbsp Hosmer Bradley C Lieutenant GeneralBradley C Hosmer born 1937 25 June 19918 July 19943 years 13 days nbsp USAFA 1959 l 15 13 nbsp Stein Paul E Lieutenant GeneralPaul E Stein 1944 2002 8 July 19941 August 19973 years 24 days nbsp USAFA 1966 m 16 14 nbsp Oelstrom Tad J Lieutenant GeneralTad J Oelstrom born 1943 1 August 19979 June 20002 years 313 days nbsp USAFA 1965 n 17 15 nbsp Dallager John R Lieutenant GeneralJohn R Dallager born 1947 9 June 200010 April 20032 years 305 days nbsp USAFA 1965 o 18 nbsp Weida John A Brigadier GeneralJohn A WeidaActing10 April 20039 July 200390 days nbsp USAFA 1978 16 nbsp Rosa John W Jr Lieutenant GeneralJohn W Rosa Jr born 1951 9 July 200324 October 20052 years 107 days nbsp Citadel AFROTC 1973 p 19 17 nbsp Regni John F Lieutenant GeneralJohn F Regni born 1952 24 October 20059 June 20093 years 228 days nbsp USAFA 1973 q 20 18 nbsp Gould Michael C Lieutenant GeneralMichael C Gould born 1953 9 June 200912 August 20134 years 64 days nbsp USAFA 1976 r 21 22 19 nbsp Johnson Michelle D Lieutenant GeneralMichelle D Johnson12 August 201311 August 20173 years 364 days nbsp USAFA 1981 s 23 24 20 nbsp Silveria Jay B Lieutenant GeneralJay B Silveria11 August 201723 September 20203 years 43 days nbsp USAFA 1985 t 25 21 nbsp Clark Richard M Lieutenant GeneralRichard M Clark born 1964 23 September 2020Incumbent3 years 221 days nbsp USAFA 1986 26 List of vice superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy editCol Douglas K Lamberth July 2014 December 2016 27 Col David A Harris Jr July 2016 28 Col Houston R Cantwell July 2018 29 Col Otis C Jones July 2020 Col Benjamin R Jonsson August 2022 30 Notes edit Lieutenant general pursuit fighter and bomber pilot World War II veteran commander of allied air units in the Solomon Islands campaign March June 1944 first academy superintendent served while the Academy was temporarily based at Lowry Air Force Base Colorado main administration building at the Academy Harmon Hall is named in his honor Lieutenant general pursuit fighter pilot World War II veteran oversaw the Academy s move to its permanent location in Colorado Springs later commanded Air Training Command 1959 1963 General bomber pilot World War II veteran associate professor of social sciences at West Point 1946 1950 later air deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1966 1968 Lieutenant general bomber pilot World War II and Korean War veteran later served as deputy assistant secretary of defense international security affairs for military assistance and sales 1969 1971 Lieutenant general observation and reconnaissance pilot World War II veteran 16 years of weather operations culminating as Air Weather Service commander vice commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces 1961 1965 Lieutenant general fighter pilot World War II veteran prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III 1942 1945 commander of Air University 1968 1970 General Korean War and Vietnam War veteran key planner in the Son Tay Raid later chief of staff Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe 1977 1979 deputy commander United States European Command 1979 1981 and commander of Military Airlift Command 1981 1983 Lieutenant general fighter pilot Vietnam War veteran later served as President of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 1986 1991 Lieutenant general fighter pilot Vietnam War veteran later served as President of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 1986 1991 Lieutenant general fighter pilot Vietnam War veteran later Vice Commander of Tactical Air Command Lieutenant general fighter pilot Korean War and Vietnam War veteran also served as commander Alaskan Air Command 1978 1981 and deputy commander United States Forces Korea 1981 1983 completed the Academy s freefall parachute training while superintendent the oldest and highest ranking person to earn jump wings through that program Lieutenant general fighter pilot Vietnam War veteran Pilot with the Thunderbirds 1964 1966 Lieutenant general fighter pilot first graduate in the order of merit in the first class at the Academy Academy s first Rhodes Scholar first Academy graduate to return as superintendent president of National Defense University 1986 1989 Lieutenant general former assistant coach for Air Force Falcons football held a variety of staff positions former commander of the Keesler Technical Training Center Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi 1991 1992 Lieutenant general fighter pilot Vietnam War and Gulf War veteran Director of the National Security Program John F Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 2001 present Lieutenant general fighter pilot Vietnam War veteran resigned as superintendent in the wake of the 2003 sexual assault scandal demoted to major general upon his retirement Lieutenant general fighter pilot later served as president of The Citadel 2005 present Lieutenant general personnel officer commander of Air University 2004 2005 Lieutenant general transport and tanker pilot commander of Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center 2000 2002 director of mobility forces for Operation Joint Endeavor and as U S European Command s Air Expeditionary Task Force commander for the deployment of African Union troops into the Darfur region of Sudan Lieutenant general first female superintendent of a United States service academy following Rear Admiral Sandra L Stosz of the United States Coast Guard Academy transport and tanker pilot director of strategy policy programs and logistics U S Transportation Command 2009 2011 deputy chief of staff operations and intelligence Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe 2011 2013 Rhodes Scholar Class of 1983 has also served as a USAFA assistant professor of political science USAF aide to the president and commander of the 97th Operations Group at Altus AFB Oklahoma Lieutenant General fighter pilot Deputy Commander U S Air Forces Central Command Commander U S Air Force Warfare Center Vice Commander 14th Air Force aide de camp to Supreme Allied Commander Europe See also editSuperintendent of the United States Military Academy Superintendent of the United States Naval AcademyReferences edit 10 U S C 9333 10 U S C 9333a 10 U S Code 8921 Unauthorized use of Marine Corps insignia LII Legal Information Institute Lieutenant General Hubert R Harmon Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 13 Lieutenant General James Elbert Briggs Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 13 General William Sebastian Stone Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 13 Lieutenant General Robert H Warren Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Thomas Samuel Moorman Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Albert P Clark Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General James R Allen Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General K L Tallman Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Robert E Kelley Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Winfield W Scott Jr Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Charles R Hamm Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Bradley C Hosmer Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General Paul E Stein Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 03 13 Lieutenant General Tad J Oelstrom Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General John R Dallager Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 03 14 Lieutenant General John W Rosa Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 18 Lieutenant General John F Regni Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 03 14 Obama Names New AF Academy Superintendent Air Force Times Retrieved 2009 04 12 Michael C Gould Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2009 04 12 Woman Nominated to Lead Air Force Academy Air Force Times Retrieved 2013 08 21 Lieutenant General Michelle D Johnson Air Force Link Archived from the original on 2013 09 04 Retrieved 2013 08 21 Lieutenant General Jay B Silveria Senate confirms next Academy Superintendent 10 August 2020 Brigadier General Douglas K Lamberth Major General David A Harris Brigadier General Houston R Cantwell BENJAMIN R JONSSON www usafa af mil Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy amp oldid 1193948653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
