John P. Jumper
John P. Jumper ( born February 4, 1945 in Paris, Texas) is an American Air Force general and former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force ( USAF) (Chief of Staff of the Air Force, CSAF short ).
Life
His military career began in 1966 as a Second Lieutenant jumper and with the completion of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. Further stations were the pilot training (1967 ), two deployments in Southeast Asia ( 1967/68 and 1969 /70), the visit of the officer and commander School of Maxwell Air Force Base ( 1975-1978 ) and the National War College in Washington, DC (1982). In March 1983 he took over his first command as commander of the 430th Tactical Combat Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
On February 1, 1992 Jumper was promoted to Major General and served from May 1992 until February 1994 as Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Les Aspin; of 21 December 1997 to February 2000 he was commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein, then Chief of the Air Combat Command. From September 2001 to September 2005 was General John P. Jumper Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and thus its highest officer. On 2 September 2005, he handed over the office to General T. Michael Moseley, the former vice chief of staff of the USAF. After 39 years of service jumper retired on 1 November 2005.
During his time as Chief of Staff of the Air Force, he made a guest appearance on the television series Stargate - Kommando SG -1, in which he himself and played the Supreme Commander of the USAF.
Awards
Selection of decorations, sorted on the basis of the Order of Precedence of Military Awards:
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3 × )
- Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (3 × )
- Army Distinguished Service Medal
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal
- Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit (2 × )
- Distinguished Flying Cross ( 3x)
- Meritorious Service Medal (3 × )
- Air Medal (18 × )
- National Defense Service Medal (2 × )
- Vietnam Service Medal (2 × )
- Southwest Asia Service Medal (2 × )
- Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour (2004)