C. D. Moore

Who is C. D. Moore?

Lieutenant General C.D. Moore II is Commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The organization is the single center responsible for total life cycle management covering all aircraft, engines, munitions, and electronic systems.

General Moore is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy as well as the top graduate in engineering. A Guggenheim Fellow, he completed a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering at Columbia University before entering flight school in 1981. He served as a T-38 instructor pilot, an operational F-15 pilot and as an experimental test pilot. General Moore also served as commander of the first F-22 squadron as well as a group commander at Eglin AFB, Fla., Materiel Wing Director of the F-16 System Program Office, Materiel Wing Commander of the F-22 System Program Office, and Vice Commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center.

The general's staff assignments include Director of Special Programs in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and the Deputy Director of the Global Power Directorate in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and Deputy Program Executive Officer of the F-35 Joint Program Office. General Moore served as the Chief of Air Operations, Multi-National Forces-Iraq in 2004, and he is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours in 30 types of aircraft. Prior to assuming his current position, General Moore was Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command.