Major General Richard S. Haddad, US Air Force (Ret.)

Last Name: Haddad

First Name: Richard

Middle Name: S.

Rank: Major General

Service/Department: United States Air Force

ACNSL Offices and Committees:

Medals and Honors:

• Distinguished Service Medal

• Defense Superior Service Medal

• Legion of Merit

• Distinguished Flying Cross with "V" device and two oak leaf clusters 

• Bronze Star Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Last or Significant Assignment:

• Vice Commander, Air Force Reserve Command

Maj. Gen. Richard S. "Beef" Haddad was the Vice Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.  He wa responsible for the daily operations of the command, consisting of approximately 70,000 Citizen Airmen and more than 300 aircraft among three numbered air forces, 33 flying wings, 10 flying groups and one space wing.  

General Haddad was commissioned through the U.S. Air Force Academy and entered active duty in 1981.  He has served in a variety of flying and command positions during his career in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.  He has hundreds of hours of combat flying time in Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Desert Storm.  Additionally, General Haddad is the first Air Force general officer to serve as Commander, Special Operations Command Korea, U.S. Forces Korea.  After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, General Haddad commanded the 711th Special Operations Squadron through operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, during which the unit compiled more than 5,000 combat hours of accident-free flying and is still recognized as the most decorated Reserve flying unit. 

Prior to his current assignment, General Haddad was the Deputy to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon.  In his civilian job, he is an airline pilot with a major U.S. carrier.