LIEUTENANT GENERAL T. MICHAEL MOSELEY
LIEUTENANT GENERAL T. MICHAEL MOSELEY
Lt. Gen. T. Michael Moseley is Commander, 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. General Moseley’s command comprises six wings in the eastern United States, with more than 350 aircraft and 26,000 active-duty and civilian personnel. As the Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command, the general is responsible for developing contingency plans and conducting air operations in a 25-nation area of responsibility, stretching from Kenya in eastern Africa, southward to the Seychelles Islands, and across the Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia to Pakistan. He is also responsible for the operational readiness of 30 9th Air Force-gained National Guard and Air Force Reserve units comprising the Air Reserve component.
General Moseley graduated from Texas A&M University in 1971 with a bachelor of arts degree, and earned a master of arts degree in 1972. He has commanded the F-15 Division of the USAF Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., and the 33rd Operations Group at Eglin AFB, Fla. The general has served as the Director of Operations for Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia, and commanded the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis AFB, the service's largest, most diverse flying wing.
General Moseley’s staff assignments have been a mix of operational, joint and personnel duties. These include serving as Director for Legislative Liaison for the Secretary of the Air Force; Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Asia/Pacific and Middle East, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.; Chief of the Air Force General Officer Matters Office, Washington, D.C.; Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chair and Professor of Joint and Combined Warfare at the National War College, Washington, D.C.; and Chief of the Tactical Fighter Branch, Tactical Forces Division, Directorate of Plans, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Moseley is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has been named an officer of the Ordre National du Merite by the president of the French Republic.
