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The 'Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force' ('CSAF') serves as the senior uniformed United States Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training, and equipage of more than 700,000 active-duty, National Guard, Reserve, and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the general and other service chiefs function as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President of the United States. Like the other service chiefs, this officer has no operational military command authority. The CSAF heads the Air Staff.
The official residence of the Air Force Chief of Staff is known as Air House.
The current Air Force Chief of Staff is General T. Michael Moseley. He assumed the position during a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base on September 2, 2005. General Moseley is the eighteenth Air Force Chief of Staff.

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Chronological list of Chiefs of Staff

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Chronological list of Chiefs of Staff

Chief of Staff	Tenure
Carl A. Spaatz	Sept. 26, 1947 - April 29, 1948
Hoyt S. Vandenberg	April 30, 1948 - June 29,1953
Nathan F. Twining ★	June 30, 1953 - June 30, 1957
Thomas D. White	July 1, 1957 - June 30, 1961
Curtis E. LeMay	June 30, 1961 - Jan. 31, 1965
John P. McConnell	Feb.1, 1965 - July 31, 1969
John D. Ryan	Aug.1, 1969 - July 31, 1973
George S. Brown ★	Aug. 1, 1973 - June 30, 1974.
David C. Jones ★	July 1, 1974 - June 20, 1978.
Lew Allen Jr.	July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1982
Charles A. Gabriel	July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1986
Larry D. Welch	July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1990
Michael J. Dugan	July 1 - Sept. 17, 1990
John M. Loh ★ ★	Sept. 18, 1990 - Oct. 29, 1990
Merrill A. McPeak	Oct. 30, 1990 - Oct. 25, 1994
Ronald R. Fogleman	Oct. 26, 1994 - Sept., 1, 1997
Michael E. Ryan	Nov. 6, 1997 - Sept. 6, 2001
John P. Jumper	Sept. 6, 2001 - Sept. 2, 2005
T. Michael Moseley	Sept. 2, 2005 - Present

★ These individuals also served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Twining served as Chairman from August 1957 to September 1960.

Brown served as Chairman from July 1974 to June 1978.

Jones served as Chairman from June 1978 to June 1982.

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★ Loh served as acting Chief of Staff

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★ Air Force History Support Office: Air Force Chiefs of Staff