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==Awards and decorations==
==Awards and decorations==
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*[[File:Defense Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] with two [[oak leaf clusters]]
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*[[File:Air Force Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster
|[[File:COMMAND PILOT WINGS.png|150px]]
*[[File:Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]]
|[[United States Aviator Badge|Air Force Command Pilot Badge]]
*[[File:Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]
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*[[File:SilverStar.gif|60px]]  [[Silver Star]]
|[[File:United States Air Force Parachutist Badge.svg|100px]]
*[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Legion of Merit]] with oak leaf cluster
|[[Parachutist Badge (United States)|Parachutist Badge]]
*[[File:Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with oak leaf cluster
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*[[File:Purple Heart BAR.svg|60px]]  [[Purple Heart]]
|[[File:United_States_Air_Force_Missile_Badge.svg|100px]]
*[[File:Meritorious Service ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]]
|[[Missile Badge|Missile Maintenance Badge]]
*[[File:Air Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Air Medal]] with 17 oak leaf clusters
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*[[File:Aerial Achievement Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Aerial Achievement Medal]]
|[[File:Joint Chiefs of Staff seal.svg|100px]]
*[[File:Air Force Commendation ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Air Force Commendation Medal]] with two oak leaf clusters
|[[Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge]]
*[[File:Vietnam Service Ribbon.svg|60px]]  [[Vietnam Service Medal]] with three service stars
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|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Defense Distinguished Service ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] with two bronze [[oak leaf cluster]]s
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Air Force Distinguished Service ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] with one bronze oak leaf cluster
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Silver Star ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Silver Star]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Legion of Merit ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Legion of Merit]] with one bronze oak leaf cluster
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with one bronze oak leaf cluster
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|[[File:Purple Heart BAR.svg|60px]]
|[[Purple Heart]]
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|[[File:Meritorious Service ribbon.svg|60px]]
|[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=16|type=oak|name=Air Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Medal]] with three silver and one bronze oak leaf clusters
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Air Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Medal]] ''(second ribbon to denote eighteenth award)''
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Aerial Achievement Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Aerial Achievement Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Air Force Commendation ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Commendation Medal#Air Force|Air Force Commendation Medal]] with two bronze oak leaf clusters
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=AF Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Air Force Presidential Unit Citation]] with one bronze oak leaf cluster
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Joint Meritorious Unit Award-3d|width=60}}
|[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=oak|other_device=v|name=Outstanding Unit ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Outstanding Unit Award|Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] with [["V" device]] and three bronze oak leaf clusters
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Outstanding Unit ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Outstanding Unit Award|Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] ''(second ribbon to denote fifth award)''
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Organizational Excellence ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Organizational Excellence Award|Air Force Organizational Excellence Award]] with one bronze oak leaf cluster
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Combat Readiness Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Combat Readiness Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Air Force Recognition Ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Force Recognition Ribbon]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|name=National Defense Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] with one bronze [[service star]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|name=AFEMRib|width=60}}
|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
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|{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|name=Vietnam Service Ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Vietnam Service Medal]] with three bronze service stars
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|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Overseas Service Ribbon#Air Force|Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon]] with one bronze oak leaf cluster
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|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Overseas Service Ribbon#Air Force|Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon]] with two bronze oak leaf clusters
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|{{ribbon devices|number=7|type=oak|name=Air Force Longevity Service ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Force Longevity Service Award]] with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|name=USAF Marksmanship ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Marksmanship Ribbon|Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon]]
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|[[Air Force Training Ribbon]]
*[[File:Gugseon Security Medal Ribbon.png|60px]]  [[Order of National Security Merit]], Kooksun, Republic of Korea
*[[File:Gugseon Security Medal Ribbon.png|60px]]  [[Order of National Security Merit]], Kooksun, Republic of Korea
*[[File:Vietnam gallantry cross-w-palm-3d.svg|60px]]  [[Vietnam Gallantry Cross|Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross]] with Palm
*[[File:Vietnam gallantry cross-w-palm-3d.svg|60px]]  [[Vietnam Gallantry Cross|Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross]] with Palm
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*[[File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Honor]], with the rank of Commander, France <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5434|title=''Air Force Link'' "General Ronald R. Fogleman"|archiveurl=http://archive.is/hB3k|archivedate=2012-07-17}}</ref>
*[[File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Honor]], with the rank of Commander, France <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5434|title=''Air Force Link'' "General Ronald R. Fogleman"|archiveurl=http://archive.is/hB3k|archivedate=2012-07-17}}</ref>
*[[File:SICOFAA Legion of Merit Grand Cross.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[SICOFAA Legion of Merit Medal|Legion of Merit]], Grand Cross, [[Cooperation System of the American Air Forces]]
*[[File:SICOFAA Legion of Merit Grand Cross.png|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[SICOFAA Legion of Merit Medal|Legion of Merit]], Grand Cross, [[Cooperation System of the American Air Forces]]
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:29, 27 August 2015

Ronald R. Fogleman
Nickname(s)Ron
Born (1942-01-27) January 27, 1942 (age 82)
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchUnited States Air Force
Years of service1963–1997
RankGeneral
CommandsChief of Staff of the Air Force
U.S. Transportation Command
Air Mobility Command

Ronald Robert Fogleman (born January 27, 1942) is a retired General in the United States Air Force who served as the 15th Chief of Staff of the Air Force from 1994 to 1997, and before that, from 1992 to 1994 as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Transportation Command.

Biography

Air Force career

A 1963 graduate from the United States Air Force Academy, he holds a master's degree in military history and political science from Duke University. A command pilot and a parachutist, he amassed more than 6,800 flying hours in fighter, transport, tanker and rotary wing aircraft. He flew 315 combat missions and logged 806 hours of combat flying in fighter aircraft. 80 of his missions were as a "Misty FAC" in the F-100F Super Sabre at Phu Cat Air Base between 25 December 1968 and 23 April 1969.[1]

Fogleman was shot down in Vietnam in 1968, while piloting a F-100. He was rescued by clinging to an AH-1 Cobra helicopter that landed at the crash site.[2]

In early assignments he instructed student pilots, performed combat duty as a fighter pilot and high-speed forward air controller in Vietnam and Thailand, taught history at the Air Force Academy and conducted flight operations in Europe—including duty as an F-15 Eagle aircraft demonstration pilot for international airshows. He commanded an Air Force wing, an air division, a numbered air force, a major command and a unified command.

Fogleman was the first graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to advance to Chief of Staff of the Air Force. During his tenure, he introduced a simplified code of conduct for Airmen, which remains in use today. Called the "Air Force Core Values", the code demands "Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do."

General Fogleman retired on September 1, 1997.

Bosnian War Controversy in June 1995

During the Bosnian War NATO Forces were establishing a no-fly-zone. On the second June two patrolling US F16 aircraft of that operation came under attack by a Serbian SA-6 surface-to-air missile. One plane was consequently hit and the pilot, Scott O'Grady ejected. Minutes after the landing, Serbian forces were closing in on his position, but he managed to escape and radioed for help on the 4th day, transmitting intermittent to lessen the chance of detection. These radio calls were picked up by US Forces.

General Ronald Fogleman, at the time Air Force Chief of Staff told press reporters during a promotion ceremony that "intermittent" transmissions were picked up. An "enraged" NATO official described this with "I was dumbfounded he said that" and "I mean, why not just announce to the bad guys, 'We think he's alive and kicking, and we hope we find him before you do'?" according to information published in the TIME magazine.[3]

However this 'leak' did not thwart a US Marine rescue operation involving several aircraft and helicopters that was launched later. Although the rescue forces came under small arms fire and missiles were fired by shoulder-held surface-to-air launchers on the way back, O'Grady was successfully extracted.[4]

Post-Air Force career

He currently has a seat on the Boards of Directors of Alliant Techsystems, AAR Corporation, Mesa Air Group, Inc., Tactical Air Support, Inc., World Air Holdings, Inc., and the Tauriga Sciences Inc.'s Business Advisory Board[1][5][6]

On November 11, 2009, General Fogleman was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at Alliant Techsystems Inc., following the retirement of ATK Chairman and CEO Dan Murphy.

As a Boeing consultant, Fogleman said that the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II will not be a combat proven aircraft until it receives the Block 3F software in the early 2020s.[7]

Awards and decorations

Air Force Command Pilot Badge
Parachutist Badge
Missile Maintenance Badge
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Defense Distinguished Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 crimson ribbon with a pair of width-2 white stripes on the edges
 Legion of Merit with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Distinguished Flying Cross with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Silver oak leaf cluster
Silver oak leaf cluster
Silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Medal with three silver and one bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Medal (second ribbon to denote eighteenth award)
Aerial Achievement Medal
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Commendation Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Presidential Unit Citation with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
V
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and three bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (second ribbon to denote fifth award)
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Bronze star
Width=44 scarlet ribbon with a central width-4 golden yellow stripe, flanked by pairs of width-1 scarlet, white, Old Glory blue, and white stripes
 National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
 Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze service stars
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Silver oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon

References

  1. ^ a b "Where Now? Misty Bio: Ron Fogleman" (PDF). Misty Vietnam. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  2. ^ http://defensetech.org/#ixzz1jcfMz4nw Defense.org
  3. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/5zHdPrWZu Time Magazine
  4. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/5zHdPrWZu Time Magazine
  5. ^ "Tauriga Sciences Inc. Appoints General Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, Retired, as a Member of the Company's Business Advisory Board". Globe Newswire. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ Hemmerdinger, Jon (4 November 2013). "South Korea needs both F-15s and F-35s: retired USAF general". flightglobal.com. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Air Force Link "General Ronald R. Fogleman"". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Staff of the Air Force
1994–1997 		Succeeded by

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