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unusual facts about Air Force Chief of Staff



633d Air Base Wing

On 1 October 1994, the 633d ABW was inactivated and the 36 ABW was activated in keeping with the policy of the Air Force Chief of Staff to maintain the most highly decorated and longest-serving Air Force units on active-duty.

Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

Bolling Field units also provide ceremonial support to the White House, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff, mainly through 11th Wing, the United States Air Force Honor Guard and The United States Air Force Band.

Lockheed Martin SR-72

On 13 November 2013, Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh revealed that the Air Force was interested in the SR-72's hypersonic capabilities, but had not spoken with Lockheed about the aircraft.

Numbered Air Force

The role of numbered air forces changed in the 1990s during the Air Force reorganization initiated by Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill McPeak.

Paul W. Airey

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Paul Wesley Airey (December 13, 1923 – March 11, 2009) was adviser to Secretary of the Air Force Richard Campbell and Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell.

Twenty-Fourth Air Force

In August 2008, then-new Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz placed a stop order suspending implementation of Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER), halting personnel assignments and activation of units.


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Arthur F. Gorham

His name was added in a ceremony on October 6, 1949 presided over by West Point Superintendent Major General Bryant Moore and Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt Vandenberg.

Eugene M. Zuckert

Both he and Air Force Chief of Staff General Thomas D. White opposed the administration's decision to cut the XB-70 bomber.

John Dale Ryan

Ryan's tenure as commander of PACAF and Air Force Chief of Staff also engendered controversy when he was described as one of a group that helped destroy General Jack Lavelle's career after Lavelle gave fighter pilots permission to shoot back at bona fide threats, something previously denied them by rules of engagement.

Lorraine K. Potter

As was she the first female chaplain to reach that rank, then-Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak organized a special ceremony at The Pentagon to commemorate the occasion.

Mustache March

When he reported to his first interview with Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell, McConnell walked up to him, stuck a finger under his nose and said, "Take it off."

Stéphane Abrial

In 2005, General Abrial became head of the French Air Defense headquarters, in Taverny, and in 2006 Air Force Chief of Staff.