Michael Ryan

December 24, 1941

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He served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. Ryan entered the United States. Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965. He was a graduate of Omaha Creighton Preparatory High School. He has commanded at the squadron, wing, numbered air force and major command levels. He flew combat in Southeast Asia, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He also served in staff assignments at the major command level, Headquarters United States. Air Force and the Joint Staff. As Commander of Sixteenth Air Force and Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in Italy, he directed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization air combat operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including the bombing missions of Operation Deliberate Force, which created the context for the United States. to broker the Dayton Peace Accords between the parties in conflict. Ryan personally approved every North Atlantic Treaty Organization target during the two-week Operation Deliberate Force campaign. Ryan retired from the United States. Air Force on October 1, 2001. Ryan appeared as himself in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Prodigy". Richard Dean Anderson later recalled asking the general during filming if he had subordinates as irreverent as Anderson"s character Jack O"Neill. Ryan replied, "Son, yes, we"ve got colonels like you and worse.".

Michael Ryan

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United States Air Force Academy.

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He served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. Ryan entered the United States. Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1965. He was a graduate of Omaha Creighton Preparatory High School.

He has commanded at the squadron, wing, numbered air force and major command levels.

He flew combat in Southeast Asia, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He also served in staff assignments at the major command level, Headquarters United States. Air Force and the Joint Staff.

As Commander of Sixteenth Air Force and Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in Italy, he directed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization air combat operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, including the bombing missions of Operation Deliberate Force, which created the context for the United States. to broker the Dayton Peace Accords between the parties in conflict. Ryan personally approved every North Atlantic Treaty Organization target during the two-week Operation Deliberate Force campaign.

Ryan retired from the United States. Air Force on October 1, 2001.

Ryan appeared as himself in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Prodigy". Richard Dean Anderson later recalled asking the general during filming if he had subordinates as irreverent as Anderson"s character Jack O"Neill. Ryan replied, "Son, yes, we"ve got colonels like you and worse.".

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Before assuming the Chief of Staff position, Ryan was Commander of United States. Air Forces in Europe and Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ryan"s father, General John Dale Ryan, was the 7th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from 1969 to 1973.

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As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he and the other service chiefs functioned as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the president

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