Surgeon General of the United States Air Force

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. Mark A. Ediger[1]

since July 5, 2015
Air Staff
Air Force Medical Service
Reports to Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Appointer The President
with Senate advice and consent
Constituting instrument 10 U.S.C. § 8036
Formation 1948
First holder Malcolm C. Grow
Website Official Website

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.

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. Name Dates of Tenure Military Rank
1 Malcolm C. Grow July 1, 1949November 30, 1949 Major General
2 Harry G. Armstrong December 1, 1949June 30, 1954 Major General
3 Dan C. Ogle July 1, 1954November 30, 1958 Major General
4 Oliver K. Niess December 1, 1958December 1, 1963 Major General
5 Richard L. Bohannon December 2, 1963November 30, 1967 Lieutenant General
6 Kenneth E. Pletcher December 1, 1967April 30, 1970 Lieutenant General
7 Alonzo A. Towner May 1, 1970July 31, 1972 Lieutenant General
8 Robert A. Patterson August 1, 1972July 31, 1975 Lieutenant General
9 George E. Schafer August 1, 1975July 31, 1978 Lieutenant General
10 Paul W. Myers August 1, 1978July 31, 1982 Lieutenant General
11 Max B. Bralliar August 1, 1982July 31, 1985 Lieutenant General
12 Chesney, Murphy A. August 1, 1985July 31, 1988 Lieutenant General
13 Monte B. Miller August 1, 1988July 31, 1991 Lieutenant General
14 Sloan, Alexander M. August 1, 1991July 11, 1994 Lieutenant General
VACANT July 12, 1994September 25, 1994 --
15 Edgar R. Anderson, Jr. September 26, 1994November 14, 1996 Lieutenant General
16 Charles H. Roadman II November 15, 1996October 10, 1999 Lieutenant General
VACANT October 11, 1999October 31, 1999 --
17 Paul K. Carlton, Jr. November 1, 1999October 14, 2002 Lieutenant General
18 George P. Taylor October 15, 2002July 31, 2006 Lieutenant General
19 James G. Roudebush August 1, 2006August 11, 2009 Lieutenant General
20 Charles B. Green August 12, 2009 July 19, 2012 Lieutenant General
21 Thomas W. Travis July 20, 2012 June 5, 2015 Lieutenant General
22 Mark A. Ediger June 6, 2015 present Lieutenant General

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