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General of the Air Force (GAF) [3] is a five-star general officer rank and is the highest possible rank in the United States Air Force. General of the Air Force ranks immediately above a general and is equivalent to General of the Army in the United States Army and Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy .
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The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Air Force. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below General of the Air Force (five-star general). There have been 235 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Air Force.
#NameDate Of RankPosition2317 Sep 2024Commander, Air Mobility Command (COMAMC), ...2309 Feb 2024Commander, Pacific Air Forces /Air ...2295 Feb 2024Commander, North American Aerospace ...2282 Feb 2024Commander, U.S. Cyber Command / Director, ...Prior to becoming Chairman on Oct. 1, 2023, Gen. Brown served as the 22nd Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. Gen. Brown earned his commission in 1984 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at Texas Tech University.
This database holds biographical information on Air Force leaders, active duty, Reserve and retired general officers; current senior executives; secretaries of the Air Force; and chief master sergeants of the Air Force.
As Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen David W. Allvin is responsible for the organization, training and equipping of 689,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian personnel.
In general, the United States Air Force shall include aviation forces both combat and service not otherwise assigned. It shall be organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained offensive and defensive air operations.
