Harry M. Wyatt III

Lieutenant General Harry M. “Bud” Wyatt III, USAF (born 1949) is the Director, Air National Guard. He is an Air Force officer as well as an attorney from Oklahoma. Prior to assuming his current post he served as the Adjutant General of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Secretary of Military Affairs for the state of Oklahoma. In the best traditions of the citizen-soldier, General Wyatt maintained a private law practice until his election to the Oklahoma bench.

As director of the Air National Guard, General Wyatt is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting more than 106,800 Guard members in more than 88 flying wings and 200 geographically separated units throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.^[1]

Military career

General Wyatt entered the United States Air Force on June 24, 1971 following his graduation from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration. He received his commission on November 24, 1971 as the 50,000th graduate from the Air Force Officer Training School. He graduated undergraduate pilot training from Laredo Air Force Base, Texas on January 26, 1973. General Wyatt is a command pilot with over 3,000 hours of flight time in T-33, T-37, T-38, F-106, F-100, A7, F-16 and C-26 aircraft.

During August 1977, General Wyatt left active duty and entered into the Oklahoma Air National Guard, of which he remains a commissioned officer. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1980. During his tenure with the Guard, General Wyatt has served as a fighter pilot, flight commander, group commander, vice wing commander, wing commander, and Chief of Staff of the Oklahoma National Guard. During 2003, Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry appointed then-Brigadier General Wyatt to the position of Adjutant General of Oklahoma and nominated General Wyatt for appointment to the rank of major general.

On September 18, 2008, then-President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Maj Gen Wyatt for assignment as Director, Air National Guard, and appointment to the rank of lieutenant general in the reserve active duty of the Air Force. Wyatt assumed the assignment on February 1, 2009 to succeeding General Craig McKinley who was reassigned as the chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Professional Memberships and Associations

• Oklahoma Bar Association
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
• Craig County Bar Association
• National Guard Association of the United States
• National Guard Association of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Trial Judges Association
• Rotary Club of Vinita, Oklahoma
• American Legion, Dale Peace Post 40, Vinita, Okla.

Dates of rank

Note: United States Air Force (USAF) and Air National Guard (ANG)

Awards and decorations

References

• Official United States Air Force Bio