Ronald R. Fogleman October 26, 1994 - September 1, 1997 Ronald R. Fogleman entered the Air Force after graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1963. In his early assignments, he served stateside as a flight training instructor and examiner and in Vietnam as an FB100 fighter pilot and forward air controller. In September 1968, a day after being shot down and ejecting over hostile territory, he went out again on one of the 240 combat missions he flew on his first tour in Southeast Asia. During his second tour, he served as an FB4 fighter pilot in Thailand, flying an additional 75 combat missio
Ronald R. Fogleman October 26, 1994 - September 1, 1997 Ronald R. Fogleman entered the Air Force after graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1963. In his early assignments, he served stateside as a flight training instructor and examiner and in Vietnam as an FB100 fighter pilot and forward air controller. In September 1968, a day after being shot down and ejecting over hostile territory, he went out again on one of the 240 combat missions he flew on his first tour in Southeast Asia. During his second tour, he served as an FB4 fighter pilot in Thailand, flying an additional 75 combat missions. While he was assigned to a tactical fighter wing in West Germany, as Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations, his unit became the first operational FB15 aircraft wing stationed outside the continental United States. His European posts included duty as the United States Air Forces in Europe FB15 aircraft demonstration pilot at international air shows. Rated as a command pilot and a parachutist, he logged more than 6,800 flight hours in a variety of aircraft, including 806 combat hours in fighters. He earned a master=s degree in military history and political science from Duke University and attended the Army War College. Between December 1970 and April 1973, he was a history instructor at the Air Force Academy. In August 1992, he became Commander in Chief of Transportation Command and Commander of Air Mobility Command, where he was promoted to four-star status. Before becoming the fifteenth Air Force Chief of Staff, he had commanded a wing, an air division, a numbered air force, a major command, and a unified command. As Chief of Staff, he was widely viewed as a consensus builder who wanted the Air Force to work more cooperatively with the other military branches, and he sought to appoint highly qualified Air Force personnel to joint staffs to advise unified commands on the effective use of air power. He expanded the definition of global forces beyond traditional air
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