Surgeon General of the United States Air Force

The Surgeon General of the Air Force is the senior-most Medical Service officer in the United States Department of the Air Force. In recent times, this has been a Lieutenant General who serves as head of the United States Air Force Medical Service (AFMS). The Surgeon General is usually the senior Medical Corps officer, but acting surgeons general have been from other branches of the medical service.

This article is about the senior physician in the U.S. Air Force. For the head of the U.S. Public Health Service, see Surgeon General of the United States. For other uses, see Surgeon General (disambiguation).
Surgeon General of the
Air Force
Incumbent
Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg[1]
since June 5, 2018
Air Staff
Air Force Medical Service
Reports toChief of Staff of the Air Force
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument10 U.S.C. § 8036
Formation1948
First holderMalcolm C. Grow
WebsiteOfficial Website

History

In September 1947 the combat elements of the Army Air Forces separated from the U.S. Army, forming the United States Air Force. But a few Air Force support functions, such as medical care, remained U.S. Army responsibilities for the next two years. Starting in 1948, the Air Force and the Air Surgeon, Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow (1887-1960), began to convince the U.S. Army and the administration of President Harry S. Truman that the Air Force needed its own medical service. In the summer of 1949, Air Force General Order No. 35 established a medical service with the following officer personnel components: Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Veterinary Corps, Medical Service Corps, Air Force Nurse Corps, and Women’s Medical Specialist Corps.

List of Surgeons General of the United States Air Force
No. Portrait Name Dates of Tenure Military Rank
1 Major General Malcolm C. Grow July 1, 1949–November 30, 1949
2 Major General Harry G. Armstrong December 1, 1949–June 30, 1954
3 Major General Dan C. Ogle July 1, 1954–November 30, 1958
4 Major General Oliver K. Niess December 1, 1958–December 1, 1963
5 Lieutenant General Richard L. Bohannon December 2, 1963–November 30, 1967
6 Lieutenant General Kenneth E. Pletcher December 1, 1967–April 30, 1970
7 Lieutenant General Alonzo A. Towner May 1, 1970–July 31, 1972
8 Lieutenant General Robert A. Patterson August 1, 1972–July 31, 1975
9 Lieutenant General George E. Schafer August 1, 1975–July 31, 1978
10 Lieutenant General Paul W. Myers August 1, 1978–July 31, 1982
11 Lieutenant General Max B. Bralliar August 1, 1982–July 31, 1985
12 Lieutenant General Chesney, Murphy A. August 1, 1985–July 31, 1988
13 Lieutenant General Monte B. Miller August 1, 1988–July 31, 1991
14 Lieutenant General Sloan, Alexander M. August 1, 1991–July 11, 1994
15 Lieutenant General Edgar R. Anderson, Jr. September 26, 1994–November 14, 1996
16 Lieutenant General Charles H. Roadman II November 15, 1996–October 10, 1999
17 Lieutenant General Paul K. Carlton, Jr. November 1, 1999–October 14, 2002
18 Lieutenant General George P. Taylor October 15, 2002–July 31, 2006
19 Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush August 1, 2006–August 11, 2009
20 Lieutenant General Charles B. Green August 12, 2009– July 19, 2012
21 Lieutenant General Thomas W. Travis July 20, 2012– June 5, 2015
22 Lieutenant General Mark A. Ediger June 6, 2015– June 4, 2018
23 Lieutenant General Dorothy A. Hogg June 5, 2018– present

See also

References
  1. "LIEUTENANT GENERAL DOROTHY A. HOGG > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display". www.af.mil.
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