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General Ronald R. Fogleman, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), is currently chairman and chief executive officer of Durango Aerospace Incorporated, an international aviation consulting firm. He is also executive vice president of Projects International, an international business development and merchant banking firm located in Washington, D.C., and on the board of directors of several aviation related corporations and airlines.
He devotes considerable time to national security and community affairs. He currently chairs the Falcon Foundation and the Airlift/Tanker Association. Since retiring from the U.S. Air Force, he has chaired an Air Force Laboratory study on directed energy weapons and a National Research Council Committee on Aeronautics Research and Technology for Vision 2050: An Integrated Transportation System, and he has served on the NASA Mars Program Independent Assessment Team and the congressionally directed Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. He is currently serving on the NASA Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group.
General Fogleman retired from the U.S. Air Force on September 1, 1997, after 34 years of active commissioned service. On his final tour of duty, he served as the 15th chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as a military advisor to the secretary of defense, the National Security Council, and the President. His staff experience and time as chief of staff saw a heavy emphasis on long-range programming and strategic planning.
General Fogleman graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1963 and subsequently earned a master's degree in military history and political science from Duke University. An active pilot with more than 7,000 total hours, he has an extensive background in fighters, mobility aircraft, and general aviation. He served two tours in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, flying 315 combat missions and logging 806 hours of combat fighter time. He has flown mobility aircraft in support of humanitarian and contingency operations.
General Fogleman served as commander in chief of the U.S. Transportation Command; as commander of Air Mobility Command; deputy commander in chief, U.S. Forces, Korea; and commander 7th Air Force and Commander Air Component Command of the US/ROK Combined Forces Command. He was also director, Programs and Evaluation, and chairman, Air Staff Board, at Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
Among his numerous decorations are the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, and awards from eight foreign countries.
General Fogleman is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the NASA Advisory Council, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Advisory Board, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Fort Lewis College Foundation, and the Air Force Association. | 