General Richard Earl Hawley (born January 2, 1942) served as commander of Air Combat Command, headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. As commander, Hawley was responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready air forces for rapid deployment and employment in the United States and worldwide. Hawley maintained command of 1,050 aircraft and approximately 103,400 active-duty military members and civilian personnel at 27 major installations in the United States, Panama, Iceland and the Azores, and, when mobilized, more than 64,400 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members
October 1967 - September 1968, student, F-4C and O-2A training, Homestead Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field, Fla.
September 1968 - September 1969, forward air controller, Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam
October 1969 - September 1972, F-4D combat crew member, 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany
September 1972 - June 1973, member, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe inspector general team, Wiesbaden Air Base, West Germany
July 1973 - February 1974, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
February 1974 - March 1976, operations staff officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
March 1976 - September 1977, assistant executive officer to the Air Force chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
September 1977 - July 1979, operations officer, 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron; assistant deputy commander for operations, 347th Tactical Fighter Wing and commander, 347th Combat Support Group; Moody Air Force Base, Ga.
July 1979 - July 1981, director of operations, 1st Tactical Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
July 1981 - July 1982, student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
August 1987 - August 1989, deputy chief of staff for plans, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
August 1989 - August 1991, director of operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
August 1991 - November 1993, commander, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, Yokota Air Base, Japan
November 1993 - July 1995, principal deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.
July 1995 - April 1996, commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany
April 1996 - July 1999, commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Flight information
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,000; 438 combat missions
