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David W. Allvin
Alvin VCSAF
General David W. Allvin in 2020
Nickname Dave
Born 1963 (age 60–61)
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1986–present
Rank General
Commands held Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center)
NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan
438th Air Expeditionary Wing
97th Air Mobility Wing
905th Air Refueling Squadron
Battles/wars Gulf War
War in Afghanistan
Awards Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal (3)
Legion of Merit (2)

David Wayne Allvin (born c. 1963) is a United States Air Force four-star general who currently serves as the 40th vice chief of staff of the Air Force. 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.[1] He provided strategic direction, policy guidance and planning focus to develop and execute the National Military Strategy. As the Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy, he enables the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide military advice to the president, the secretary of defense, and the National Security Council. He has assumed the office of vice chief of staff on November 16, 2020.[2]

Military career[]

David Wayne Allvin[3] graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1986. He has commanded at the squadron and wing levels, including the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. He has held major command staff assignments and served on the Joint Staff.

Allvin served as the commanding general of NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan; Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan; Commander, 618th Air and Space Operations Center; Director, 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, Strategy, Plans and Policy, the Joint Staff.

In August 2020, Allvin was nominated for promotion to general and assignment as the next Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.[4] The Senate Armed Services Committee confirmed his nomination on September 30, 2020.

Education[]

  • 1986 Bachelor of Science, Astronautical Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • 1989 Master of Science, Management, Troy State University, Troy, Ala.
  • 1992 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
  • 1998 Distinguished Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 1999 Master of Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB Ala.
  • 2000 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
  • 2004 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
  • 2006 Executive Leadership Seminar, Smeal Business College, Pennsylvania State University, College Park
  • 2008 Program for Senior Managers in National Security, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
  • 2008 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • 2009 Program for Senior Executive Fellows, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 2010 Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.
  • 2013 Combined Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2014 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2020 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Assignments[]

  1. June 1986 – August 1987, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 82nd Student Squadron, Williams Air Force Base, Ariz.
  2. November 1987 – August 1990, C-12F Copilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner, 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
  3. August 1990 – June 1993, C-141B Copilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot and Flight Examiner, 36th Military Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash.
  4. June 1993 – June 1994, Student, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
  5. 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, Calif.
  6. August 1997 – June 1998, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  7. July 1998 – June 1999, Student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  8. June 1999 – April 2001, Assistant Chief, Commander's Action Group, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
  9. April 2001 – June 2003, Commander, 905th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
  10. June 2003 – June 2004, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
  11. June 2004 – June 2005, Chief, Organizational Policy Branch, Policy Division, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  12. June 2005 – April 2006, Special Assistant to the Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  13. May 2006 – July 2007, Vice Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
  14. August 2007 – July 2009, Commander, 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Okla.
  15. August 2009 – August 2010, Senior Air Force Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.
  16. September 2010 – August 2011, Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan
  17. September 2011 – April 2012, Vice Commander, 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill.
  18. April 2012 – June 2013, Commander, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), Scott AFB, Ill.
  19. June 2013 – September 2014, Director, Air Force Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  20. October 2014 – August 2015, Director, Strategy, Concepts, and Assessments, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  21. August 2015 July 2018, Director, Strategy and Policy, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
  22. August 2018 – January 2019, Vice Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  23. 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, Va.
  24. November 2020 – present, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Summary of Joint Assignments[]

  1. June 2004 – June 2005, Chief, Organizational Policy Branch, Policy Division, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant colonel then June 2005 – April 2006, Special Assistant to the Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
  2. September 2010 – August 2011, Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general
  3. August 2015 – July 2018, Director, Strategy and Policy, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
  4. August 2018 – January 2019, Vice Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  5. 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, Va., as a lieutenant general

Flight information[]

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.

Awards and decorations[]

COMMAND PILOT WINGS US Air Force Command Pilot Badge
Headquarters US Air Force Badge Headquarters Air Force Badge
Joint Chiefs of Staff seal Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Defense Distinguished Service ribbon Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Air Force Distinguished Service ribbon Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
US Defense Superior Service Medal ribbonBronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3d Defense Superior Service Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 crimson ribbon with a pair of width-2 white stripes on the edges
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal ribbon Bronze Star Medal
Width-44 crimson ribbon with two width-8 white stripes at distance 4 from the edges.Bronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3d Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Medal ribbon
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal ribbon
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal ribbon Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation ribbonBronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3d Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award (USMC and USN frame)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Meritorious Unit ribbon Air Force Meritorious Unit Award
Outstanding Unit ribbonSilver oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3d Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Organizational Excellence ribbon Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal ribbonBronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3d Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Recognition Ribbon Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Bronze star
Width=44 scarlet ribbon with a central width-4 golden yellow stripe, flanked by pairs of width-1 scarlet, white, Old Glory blue, and white stripes
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016)Bronze-service-star-3d-vectorBronze-service-star-3d-vector Southwest Asia Service Medal with two service stars
Bronze star
Afghanistan Campaign ribbon
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary ribbon Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service ribbon Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal ribbon Humanitarian Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal ribbon Air and Space Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal ribbon Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
AF OS Short Tour Ribbon Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon
AF OS Tour Ribbon Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame and oak leaf cluster
Longevity Service Award USAFSilver oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3dBronze oakleaf-3d Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze star
USAF Marksmanship ribbon
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with service star
Air Force Training Ribbon Air Force Training Ribbon
NATO Meritorious Service Medal bar NATO Meritorious Service Medal
NATO Medal Yugoslavia ribbon bar NATO Medal for service in ex-Yugoslavia
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) ribbon Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) ribbon Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Publications[]

"Paradigm Lost: Rethinking Theater Airlift to Support the Army After Next", Cadre Papers, Sept. 9, 2000

Effective dates of promotion[]

Second Lieutenant: May 28, 1986
First Lieutenant: May 28, 1988
Captain: May 28, 1990
Major: August 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel: May 1, 2000
Colonel: July 1, 2005
Brigadier General: September 2, 2010
Major General: July 26, 2013
Lieutenant General: January 31, 2019
General: November 12, 2020

References[]

PD-icon This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force document "Gen. David W. Allvin".

Military offices
Preceded by
Glen D. VanHerck
Vice Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the Joint Staff
2018–2019
Succeeded by
Michael R. Fenzel
Preceded by
Richard D. Clarke
Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the Joint Staff
2019–2020
Succeeded by
Lisa Franchetti
Preceded by
Stephen W. Wilson
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
2020–
Incumbent
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