List of United States Air Force Academy Alumni - Government

Government

Name Class year Notability References
Johnson, Hansford T.Hansford T. Johnson 1959 General; first graduate to be promoted to the rank of four-star General (on October 01, 1989); Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment (2001–2005); Acting Secretary of the Navy (2003); pilot; Vietnam War veteran
McArtor, T. AllenT. Allen McArtor 1964 Senior manager FedEx (1979–1987, 1989–1994); administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (1987–1989); former CEO, Legend Airlines; current chair, Airbus, North American Holdings
Burkett, F. MichaelF. Michael Burkett 1970 Assistant Minority Leader of the Idaho State Senate (1989–1992, 2002–2008)
Reed, ChuckChuck Reed 1970 Mayor of San Jose, California (2007–); graduated first in his class and scored the maximum on the Physical Readiness Test; his daughter Kim Reed-Campbell was also first in her Academy class
Grappo, Gary A.Gary A. Grappo 1972 United States Ambassador to Oman (2006–); career Foreign Service Officer
Thompson, William "T"William "T" Thompson 1973 Commissioner, Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, Boston, MA. Appointed to 5 four-year terms (1983-2000). Served three governors in both Democratic and Republican administrations. Is the longest serving Commissioner in the Agency’s history. Commissioner, Governor’s Minority Business Commission (1987-1990); International Captain, Delta Air Lines, (1980-2005). Attorney, MA and DC bars. President and CEO, the Summit Group Companies, (1981-2008), President and CEO, Association of Graduates, United States Air Force Academy, (2008-).
Inglis, John C.John C. Inglis 1976 Brigadier General; Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (2006–)
Manson, CraigCraig Manson 1976 U.S. Assistant Secretary of Interior 2002-05; California State Superior Court Judge 1998-2002; Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law 2006-09.
McLaughlin, Joseph R.Joseph R. McLaughlin 1976 Commissioned into the United States Army; infantry platoon leader in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, earned a Masters of Science from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and was a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas; Republican member of the Onslow County, North Carolina Board of Commissioners, and was a candidate for U.S. Congress challenging incumbent Walter B. Jones, Jr. for the Republican nomination in North Carolina's 3rd congressional district in 2008
Weinstein, Michael L. "Mikey"Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein 1977 Served as a U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer for ten years. Spent over three years in the West Wing of the Reagan White House as legal counsel to the White House; began with an appointment to the Office of Budget Management and was soon named the Committee Management Officer of the much-publicized Iran-Contra Investigation in his capacity as Assistant General Counsel of The White House Office of Administration, Executive Office of the President of the United States; Later went on to become founder and president of the four-time Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a civil rights watchdog and constitutionalist organization advocating church-state separation.

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