General JOSEPH W. ASHY Retired October 01, 1996 Commander in Chief of North American Aerospace Defense Command (CINCNORAD) and United States Space Command (USCINCSPACE), and commander of Air Force Space Command (COMAFSPC)
Major General LARRY K. ARNOLD Retired October 01, 2002 Commander of 1st Air Force, Air Combat Command and Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region
Lieutenant General MAXWELL C. BAILEY Retired March 01, 2002 Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command
Brigadier General JOHN W. BAER Retired April 01, 1972 Died February 08, 2015 Deputy Director for Strike Forces, Directorate of Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
Brigadier General VAN N. BACKMAN Retired June 01, 1973 Died October 27, 2015 Commander, 62d Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command
Major General PAUL N. BACALIS Retired March 01, 1973 Died February 09, 2016 Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Strategic Air Command
Major General LEON W. BABCOCK JR. Retired July 01, 1987 Died April 14, 2009 Director of Plans, Programs and Policy, J-5, U.S. Readiness Command