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Nickname(s)
  
Bud

Name
  
Harry Wyatt

Rank
  
Lieutenant General

Years of service
  
1971 - 2013


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Awards
  
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal (2) Combat Readiness Medal National Defense Service Medal (2) Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal

Education
  
Southern Methodist University

Service/branch
  
United States Air Force, Air National Guard

Allegiance
  
United States of America

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Lieutenant General Harry M. “Bud” Wyatt III, USAF (born 1949) is retired lieutenant general of the United States Air Force who last served as 14th Director, Air National Guard. He is an Air Force officer as well as an attorney from Oklahoma. Prior to assuming his current post he served as the Adjutant General of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Secretary of Military Affairs for the state of Oklahoma. In the best traditions of the citizen-soldier, General Wyatt maintained a private law practice until his election to the Oklahoma bench.

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As director of the Air National Guard, General Wyatt is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting more than 106,800 Guard members in more than 88 flying wings and 200 geographically separated units throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

On January 30, 2013, Lieutenant General Wyatt retired from USAF. At the retirement ceremony, Wyatt received Air Force Distinguished Service Medal for his service.

Military career

General Wyatt entered the United States Air Force on June 24, 1971 following his graduation from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration. He received his commission on November 24, 1971 as the 50,000th graduate from the Air Force Officer Training School. He graduated undergraduate pilot training from Laredo Air Force Base, Texas on January 26, 1973.

During August 1977, General Wyatt left active duty and entered into the Oklahoma Air National Guard, of which he remains a commissioned officer. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1980. During his tenure with the Guard, General Wyatt has served as a fighter pilot, flight commander, group commander, vice wing commander, wing commander, and Chief of Staff of the Oklahoma National Guard. During 2003, Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry appointed then-Brigadier General Wyatt to the position of Adjutant General of Oklahoma and nominated General Wyatt for appointment to the rank of major general.

On September 18, 2008, then-President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Maj Gen Wyatt for assignment as Director, Air National Guard, and appointment to the rank of lieutenant general in the reserve active duty of the Air Force. Wyatt assumed the assignment on February 1, 2009 to succeeding General Craig McKinley who was reassigned as the chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Professional Memberships and Associations

  • Oklahoma Bar Association
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
  • Craig County Bar Association
  • National Guard Association of the United States
  • National Guard Association of Oklahoma
  • Oklahoma Trial Judges Association
  • Rotary Club of Vinita, Oklahoma
  • American Legion, Dale Peace Post 40, Vinita, Okla.
  • Flight information

    Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 3,000 Aircraft flown: T-33, T-37, T-38, F-106, F-100, A7, F-16 and C-26

    Effective dates of promotion

    Note: United States Air Force (USAF) and Air National Guard (ANG)

    References

    Harry M. Wyatt III Wikipedia