general of the air force

noun

1. the highest ranking officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Example Sentences

She also served as the first woman Inspector General of the Air Force.

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“Golsteyn is the most troubling, because the system was never given a chance to work,” said Charles Dunlap, a retired major general who was the deputy judge advocate general of the Air Force and is now the head of Duke University’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.

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General Davis, who died in 2002 at age 89, has a resume that includes commanding the all-black 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Red Tails, and becoming the first black general of the Air Force.

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Gen. Thomas W. Travis, the surgeon general of the Air Force, said in an interview Tuesday.

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According to an investigation by the Inspector General of the Air Force, Carey drank steadily throughout the trip, stayed out late with women he met in Moscow, and showed up 45 minutes late for an early morning departure for delegation meetings.

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