Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force

Flag of the VCSAF

The Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force (VCSAF; German: Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Air Force ) is the first advisor and representative of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF).

The position of the VCSAF requires the rank of a general and the approval of the US Senate .

List of incumbents

No.	Surname	image	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment	Later posts
37	Larry O. Spencer		July 27, 2012
36	Philip M. Breedlove		January 14, 2011	July 27, 2012	Commander United States Air Forces in Europe , Supreme Allied Commander Europe
35	Carrol H. Chandler		August 27, 2009	January 14, 2011
34	William M. Fraser III.		October 9, 2008	---	Commander Air Combat Command , U.S. Transportation Command
33	Duncan J. McNabb		2007	2008	Commander US Transportation Command
32	John DW Corley		2005	2007	Commander Air Combat Command
31	T. Michael Moseley		2003	2005	Chief of Staff of the Air Force
30th	Robert H. Foglesong		2001	2003	Commander US Air Forces in Europe
29	John W. Handy		2000	2001	Commander US Transportation Command
28	Lester L. Lyles		1999	2000	Commander Air Force Materiel Command
27	Ralph E. Eberhart		1997	1999	Commander Air Combat Command , Commander in Chief NORAD / United States Space Command , Commander NORAD / US Northern Command
26th	Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.		1994	1997
25th	Michael PC Carns		1991	1994
24	John M. Loh		1990	1991	Acting Chief of Staff of the Air Force , Commander Tactical Air Command , Commander Air Combat Command
23	Monroe W. Hatch, Jr.		1987	1990
22nd	John L. Piotrowski		1985	1987	Commander NORAD / US Space Command
21st	Larry D. Welch		1984	1985	Commander Strategic Air Command , Chief of Staff of the Air Force
20th	Lawrence A. Skantze		1983	1984	Commander Air Force Systems Command
19th	Jerome F. O'Malley		1982	1983	Commander Pacific Air Forces , Commander Tactical Air Command
18th	Robert C. Mathis		1980	1982
17th	James A. Hill		1978	1980
16	Lew Allen Jr.		1978	1978	Chief of Staff of the Air Force , Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , during the Voyager program ( Voyager 1 and 2 ), member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and the Intelligence Oversight Board
15th	William V. McBride		1975	1978
14th	Richard H. Ellis		1973	1975	Commander Allied Air Forces Central Europe , Commander US Air Forces in Europe , Commander Strategic Air Command
13	Horace M. Wade		1972	1973
12	John C. Meyer		1969	1972	Commander Strategic Air Command
11	John D. Ryan		1968	1969	Chief of Staff of the Air Force
10	Bruce K. Holloway		1966	1968	Commander Strategic Air Command
9	William H. Blanchard		1965	1966
8th	John P. McConnell		1964	1965	Chief of Staff of the Air Force
7th	William F. McKee		1962	1964	Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
6th	Frederic H. Smith, Jr.		1961	1962
5	Curtis E. LeMay		1957	1961	Chief of Staff of the Air Force
4th	Thomas D. White		1953	1957	Chief of Staff of the Air Force
3	Nathan F. Twining		1950	1953	Chief of Staff of the Air Force , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
2	Muir S. Fairchild		1948	1950
1	Hoyt S. Vandenberg		1947	1948	Chief of Staff of the Air Force

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