Senior chaplain of the US Air Force
The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force (HAF/HC ) is the senior chaplain in the United States Air Force , the functional leader of the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps , and the senior advisor on religious issues to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force .
The position has been vacant since the retirement of Steven A. Schaick on July 2, 2021. His deputy, Brigadier General Randall E. Kitchens was nominated to succeed him on September 27, 2021.[1] [2]
List of Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States Air Force [ ]
No. Portrait
Name
Took office
Left office
Term length
1
Maj Gen Charles I. Carpenter
June 11, 1948
August 14, 1958
2
Maj Gen Terence P. Finnegan
August 15, 1958
July 1, 1962
3
Maj Gen Robert P. Taylor
September 1, 1962
July 31, 1966
4
Maj Gen Edwin R. Chess
August 1, 1966
August 1, 1970
5
Maj Gen Roy M. Terry
August 10, 1970
August 1, 1974
6
Maj Gen Henry J. Meade
August 2, 1974
August 1, 1978
7
Maj Gen Richard Carr
November 1, 1978
July 31, 1982
8
Maj Gen Stuart E. Barstad
August 1, 1982
November 1, 1985
9
Maj Gen John A. Collins
November 2, 1985
November 1, 1988
10
Maj Gen John P. McDonough
December 1, 1988
December 1, 1991
11
Maj Gen Donald J. Harlin
December 2, 1991
August 1, 1995
12
Maj Gen Arthur S. Thomas
August 1, 1995
August 1, 1997
13
Maj Gen William J. Dendinger
June 1, 1997
May 1, 2001
14
Maj Gen Lorraine K. Potter
May 24, 2001
June 1, 2004
15
Maj Gen Charles C. Baldwin
June 2, 2004
May 27, 2008
16
Maj Gen Cecil R. Richardson
May 28, 2008
June 1, 2012
17
Maj Gen Howard D. Stendahl
August 31, 2012
August 29, 2015
18
Maj Gen Dondi E. Costin
August 30, 2015
August 20, 2018
19
Maj Gen Steven A. Schaick
August 21, 2018
July 2, 2021
20
Maj Gen
October 2021
present ~
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