User:Canuckian89/Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force

This is a list of the Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force in order of longevity. There are currently twenty-two Chiefs of Staff on the list and twelve living Chiefs of Staff. The list is in descending order and is correct as of June 3, 2024. The oldest Chief of Staff is David C. Jones (1921 - ), who is currently 102 years, 330 days old.

To account for the different number of leap days within the life of each Chief of Staff, two measures of longevity are given. The first is the number of whole years the Chief of Staff lived, and the number of days past their last birthday. The second lists the total number of days lived by the Chief of Staff.

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Rank
Chief of Staff
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Longevity
(Years, Days)
Longevity
(Days)
1 David C. Jones July 9, 1921 Living 102 years, 330 days 37,585 days
2 Nathan F. Twining October 11, 1897 March 29, 1982 84 years, 169 days 30,849 days
3 Lew Allen September 30, 1925 January 4, 2010 84 years, 96 days 30,777 days
4 Curtis Lemay November 15, 1906 October 1, 1990 83 years, 320 days 30,636 days
5 Carl A. Spaatz June 28, 1891 July 14, 1974 83 years, 16 days 30,331 days
6 John P. McConnell February 7, 1908 November 21, 1986 78 years, 287 days 28,777 days
7 Larry D. Welch June 9, 1934 Living 89 years, 360 days 32,867 days
8 Merrill McPeak January 9, 1936 Living 88 years, 146 days 32,288 days
9 Charles A. Gabriel January 21, 1928 September 4, 2003 75 years, 226 days 27,620 days
10 Michael Dugan February 22, 1937 Living 87 years, 102 days 31,878 days
11 John M. Loh March 14, 1938 Living 86 years, 81 days 31,493 days
12 Michael E. Ryan December 24, 1941 Living 82 years, 162 days 30,112 days
13 Ronald Fogleman January 27, 1942 Living 82 years, 128 days 30,078 days
14 John D. Ryan December 10, 1915 October 27, 1983 67 years, 321 days 24,793 days
15 John P. Jumper February 4, 1945 Living 79 years, 120 days 28,974 days
16 Ralph Eberhart December 6, 1946 Living 77 years, 180 days 28,304 days
17 Thomas D. White August 6, 1901 December 22, 1965 64 years, 138 days 23,514 days
18 Teed M. Moseley September 3, 1949 Living 74 years, 274 days 27,302 days
19 George S. Brown August 17, 1918 December 5, 1978 60 years, 110 days 22,025 days
20 Norton A. Schwartz December 14, 1951 Living 72 years, 172 days 26,470 days
21 Duncan McNabb August 8, 1952 Living 71 years, 300 days 26,232 days
22 Hoyt Vandenberg January 24, 1899 April 2, 1954 55 years, 68 days 20,156 days
Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force 22
Living 12
Deceased 10