He previously served as the director for strategy, plans, and policy, J-5, on the Joint Staff, and is a senior member, United States Delegation to the United Nations Military Staff Committee, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.[3]
Allvin served as the commanding general of NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan; commander of 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan; commander of 618th Air and Space Operations Center; director of strategy, concepts and assessments; deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, and director, strategy, plans and policy, Headquarters United States European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. He most recently served as vice director of strategy, plans and policy, the Joint Staff.
Allvin is ceremonially sworn in as the 21st chief of staff of the Air Force on November 17, 2023.
June 1986 – August 1987, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 82nd Student Squadron, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
November 1987 – August 1990, C-12F copilot, aircraft commander, instructor pilot and flight examiner, 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
August 1990 – June 1993, C-141B copilot, aircraft commander, instructor pilot and flight examiner, 36th Military Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington
June 1993 – June 1994, student, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California
June 1994 – July 1997, C-17 Globemaster III and C-130J Super Hercules Experimental Test Pilot, Flight Commander, Flight Examiner and Assistant Operations Officer, 418th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, California
August 1997 – June 1998, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
July 1998 – June 1999, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
June 1999 – April 2001, assistant chief of Commander's Action Group, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois
April 2001 – June 2003, commander of 905th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
June 2003 – June 2004, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
June 2004 – June 2005, chief of Organizational Policy Branch, Policy Division, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
June 2005 – April 2006, special assistant to the director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
May 2006 – July 2007, vice commander of 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
August 2007 – July 2009, commander of 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Oklahoma
August 2009 – August 2010, Senior Air Force Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.
September 2010 – August 2011, commanding general, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and commander of 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan
September 2011 – April 2012, vice commander, 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Illinois
April 2012 – June 2013, commander of 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), Scott AFB, Illinois
June 2013 – September 2014, director for Air Force strategic planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
October 2014 – August 2015, director for strategy, concepts, and assessments, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
August 2015 – July 2018, director for strategy and policy, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
August 2018 – January 2019, vice director of strategy, plans, and policy (J-5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
January 2019 – November 2020, director for strategy, plans, and policy, J-5, Joint Staff; and senior member, United States Delegation to the United Nations Military Staff Committee, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
November 2020 – November 2023, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
November 2023 – present, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,600 (including 800 flight test hours)
Aircraft flown: C-12F, C-141A/B, KC-135R/T, C-17, C-130, C-130J, C-23, F-15, F-16, T-38 and about 20 more.
This article incorporates public domain material from Gen. David W. Allvin. United States Air Force.
