T. Michael Moseley
Teed Michael Moseley ( born September 3, 1949 in Dallas, Texas ) is a general in the U.S. Air Force and was from September 2005 to August 2008 the 18th Chief of Staff of the Air Force ( CSAF ). After several management mistakes he gave at the insistence of the Secretary of Defense on 5 June 2008 in his resignation and also asked for his retirement. The Office of the CSAF he held until August 1.
Military career
His military career began "Buzz" Moseley in July 1971 with the rank of Second Lieutenant and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Texas A & M University. The Master of Arts followed in 1973. Afterwards he began pilot training and formed up in 1989 as flight instructors and examiners themselves pilots on F-15 "Eagle" fighter aircraft from.
On 1 December 1996 Moseley was finally appointed Brigadier General and on 1 October 2003 to general.
From November 2001 to August 2003 he served as commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces and 9th Air Force U.S. Air Force, the Air Force operations of coalition forces in Iraq War and Afghanistan. He then became Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. U.S. President George W. Bush nominated T. Michael Moseley on 16 May 2005 as Chief of Staff of the Air Force ( CSAF ). After the formal confirmation by the U.S. Senate on July 1, General Moseley was sworn in on September 2, 2005 as the successor of General John P. Jumper, Office of the CSAF.
On 5 June 2008, he resigned at the insistence of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who voted in the matter of George W. Bush, from his post as CSAF and asked for his retirement on 1 August. The reason a number of management errors was called, including arms sales to Taiwan, which contained instead of batteries for helicopters fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles. Gates also was unhappy with the consequences that pulled the Air Force leadership from the incident in which a flight of a multi- nuclear -tipped B- 52 bomber ( unbeknownst to the pilots) on the territory of the United States ( North Dakota led to Louisiana ). With him also the Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne had to go. As a successor to Moseley Gates nominated on June 9, General Norton A. Schwartz, who was commander of the U.S. Transportation Command until then. Moseley, the Office until 1 August and retired thereafter. His successor Schwartz took over the post on August 12th.
Awards
Selection of decorations, sorted on the basis of the Order of Precedence of Military Awards:
- Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2 × )
- Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (3 × )
- Defense Superior Service Medal (2 × )
- Legion of Merit (2 × )
- Meritorious Service Medal (4 × )
- Air Medal
- Joint Service Commendation Medal
- Air Force Commendation Medal
- Air Force Achievement Medal
- National Defense Service Medal (3 × )
- Southwest Asia Service Medal (2 × )
- Commander of the French National Order of Merit
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( 30 May 2006)