Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
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The Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (CSAF) serves as the senior uniformed United States Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training, and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, National Guard, Reserve, and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the general and other service chiefs function as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President of the United States. Like the other service chiefs, this officer has no operational military command authority.
The official residence of the Air Force Chief of Staff is known as Air House.
The current Air Force Chief of Staff is General T. Michael Moseley. He assumed the position during a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base on September 2, 2005. General Moseley is the eighteenth Air Force Chief of Staff.
[edit] Chronological list of Chiefs of Staff
| Chief of Staff | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Carl A. Spaatz | Sept. 26, 1947 - April 29, 1948 |
| Hoyt S. Vandenberg | April 30, 1948 - June 29,1953 |
| Nathan F. Twining* | June 30, 1953 - June 30, 1957 |
| Thomas D. White | July 1, 1957 - June 30, 1961 |
| Curtis E. LeMay | June 30, 1961 - Jan. 31, 1965 |
| John P. McConnell | Feb.1, 1965 - July 31, 1969 |
| John D. Ryan | Aug.1, 1969 - July 31, 1973 |
| George S. Brown* | Aug. 1, 1973 - June 30, 1974. |
| David C. Jones* | July 1, 1974 - June 20, 1978. |
| Lew Allen Jr. | July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982 |
| Charles A. Gabriel | July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986 |
| Larry D. Welch | July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990 |
| Michael J. Dugan | July 1 - Sept. 17, 1990 |
| John M. Loh** | Sept. 18, 1990 - Oct. 29, 1990 |
| Merrill A. McPeak | Oct. 30, 1990 - Oct. 25, 1994 |
| Ronald R. Fogleman | Oct. 26, 1994 - Sept., 1, 1997 |
| Michael E. Ryan | Nov. 6, 1997 - Sept. 6, 2001 |
| John P. Jumper | Sept. 6, 2001 - Sept. 2, 2005 |
| T. Michael Moseley | Sept. 2, 2005 - Present |
*These individuals also served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Twining served as Chairman from August 1957 to September 1960.
Brown served as Chairman from July 1974 to June 1978.
Jones served as Chairman from June 1978 to June 1982.
**Loh served as acting Chief of Staff
