Arthur Lichte

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General Arthur J. Lichte

Arthur J. Lichte is the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C. He is responsible for Air Staff organization and administration, serves as Deputy Chairman of the Air Force Council, and is the Air Force accreditation official for the Corps of Air Attachés.

General Lichte hails from The Bronx, New York, where he graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School and entered the Air Force in 1971 as a distinguished graduate of Manhattan College's ROTC program. During his Air Force career, General Lichte has held command positions at squadron, group and wing levels. He is a command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours in various aircraft, including the C-17, C-20, C-21, C-32, C-37, C-130, EC/RC-121, KC-10, KC-135, UH-1N and VC-137. In addition to his command experience, General Lichte has held headquarters-level assignments at Strategic Air Command, Air Mobility Command, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Transportation Command.

Prior to assuming his current position, he served as Vice Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe where he acted for, and in the absence of, the USAFE commander, conducting and coordinating offensive and defensive air, and space operations for U.S. European Command. During this time, HQ USAFE directed the initial deployment of more than 2,300 people and 6,100 short tons of cargo downrange to 48 locations in 18 countries to war fighters that directly supported 6,000 combat sorties in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1 Education
2 Assignments
3 Flight information
4 Major awards and decorations
5 Effective dates of promotion
6 References

[edit] Education

1971 Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, Manhattan College, New York, New York
1978 Master's degree in systems management, University of Southern California
1978 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
1989 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
1994 Program for Senior Officials in National Security, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2002 Revolutions in Business Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

[edit] Assignments

October 1971 - October 1972, student, undergraduate pilot training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
October 1972 - May 1975, EC-121 pilot, 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, McClellan AFB, California
May 1975 - July 1981, co-pilot, aircraft commander, flight commander, standardization and evaluation aircraft commander, later, KC-135 training flight instructor pilot, 380th Air Refueling Squadron, Plattsburgh AFB, New York
July 1981 - July 1985, Assistant Chief, Tanker Resource Management Team; Chief, Tanker Career Management Section; Chief, Operations-Maintenance Squadron Commander Management Branch; Chief, Special Assignments Activity Branch; later, Chief, Selective Assignments Activity Branch, Headquarters SAC, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
July 1985 - August 1988, KC-10A flight commander, later, operations officer, later, Commander, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, March AFB, California
August 1988 - June 1989, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
June 1989 - January 1990, Deputy Chief, Strategic Forces Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
January 1990 - June 1991, executive officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
June 1991 - April 1992, Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations, 2nd Bombardment Wing, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
April 1992 - July 1993, Commander, 458th Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
July 1993 - July 1995, executive officer to the Commander, USTRANSCOM, and to the Commander, AMC, Scott AFB, Illinois
August 1995 - November 1996, Commander, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild AFB, Washington
November 1996 - January 1999, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland
January 1999 - April 2000, Director of Global Reach Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
April 2000 - December 2002, Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, Ill.
December 2002 - June 2005, Vice Commander, USAFE, Ramstein AB, Germany
July 2005 - present, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.