Online Sponsor: Maj. Gen. David A. Deptula Maj. Gen. David A. Deptula is director of plans and programs, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. He is responsible for providing plans, programs, manpower and doctrine for units that encompass more than 165,000 people, and a $17 billion budget.
He was a distinguished graduate of the University of Virginia ROTC in 1974, and remained to complete a master’s degree in 1976. He earned his wings in 1977 and has flown more than 2,900 hours in fighter assignments. He has been an F-15C aerial demonstration pilot, weapons and tactics division chief, logistics group deputy commander, operations group commander, and a combined/joint task force commander. He has taken part in air operations, and defense planning and joint warfighting, from unit through service headquarters to unified command levels.
Deptula was the principal planner for the coalition offensive air campaign during Desert Storm, and commanded the Operation Northern Watch Combined/Joint Task Force during a period of renewed Iraqi aggression, in which he flew 82 combat missions over Iraq.
Prior to assuming his current position, the general was the director of the Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review at headquarters, where he was the focal point for Air Force efforts, analysis and articulation of aerospace power positions for the 2001 QDR. |
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Maj. Gen. John L "Jack" Hudson |
