Norton A. Schwartz
Military Person
1951 –
Who is Norton A. Schwartz?
Norton Allan Schwartz is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 19th Chief of Staff of the Air Force from August 12, 2008 until his retirement in 2012. As Chief of Staff, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of nearly 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Schwartz functioned as a military adviser to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President. He previously served as Commander, United States Transportation Command from September 2005 to August 2008.
Schwartz graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1973. He is an alumnus of the National War College, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a 1994 Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Seminar XXI. He has served as Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command-Pacific, as well as Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and the 11th Air Force.
Schwartz is a command pilot with more than 4,400 flying hours in a variety of aircraft. He participated as a crewmember in the 1975 airlift evacuation of Saigon, and in 1991 served as Chief of Staff of the Joint Special Operations Task Force for Northern Iraq in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1997, he led the Joint Task Force that prepared for the noncombatant evacuation of U.S. citizens in Cambodia.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1951
Toms River - Also known as
- Norton Schwartz
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Air Force Academy
- Central Michigan University
- Joint Forces Staff College
- National War College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Squadron Officer School
- Employment
- Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense
(2008/08 - )
- Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, United States Department of Defense
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on July 23, 2013
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