Army Aviation Leaders

Commanders of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Predecessor Agencies

Director, Department of Air Training, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK

• COL William W. Ford 3 August 1942 – 15 January 1944
• COL Gordon J. Wolf 16 January 1944 – 2 November 1945
• COL William W. Ford 3 November 1945 – 6 December 1945

Commandant, U.S. Army Ground Forces Air Training School, Ft. Sill, OK

• MG Louis E. Hibbs 7 December 1945 – 4 June 1946
• MG Clift Andrus June 1945 – November 1946

Director, Department of Air Training, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, OK

• COL William W. Ford November 1946 – August 1947
• COL Carl I. Hutton August 1947 – November 1949
• COL Edward 0. Hopkins November 1949 – October 1951
• COL I. B. Washburn October 1951 – July 1953

Commandant, U.S. Army Aviation School, Ft. Sill, OK

• COL I. B. Washburn January 1953 – June 1954
• BG Carl I. Hutton July 1954 – August 1954

Commandant, U.S. Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, AL

• BG Carl I. Hutton September 1954 – January 1955

Commander, U.S. Army Aviation Center and Commandant, U.S. Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, AL

• BG Carl I. Hutton February 1955 – June 1957
• MG Bogardus S. Cairns June 1957 – December 1958
• COL John J. Tolson, III (acting) January 1959
• MG Earnest F. Easterbrook February 1959 – March 1962
• BG Robert R. Williams March 1962 – August 1963
• MG Clifton F. Von Kann August 1963 – February 1965
• MG John J. Tolson, III March 1965 – March 1967
• MG Delk M. Oden March 1967 – September 1970
• MG Allen M. Burdett September 1970 – August 1973
• MG William J. Maddox September 1973 – June 1976
• MG James C. Smith June 1976 – December 1978MG James H. Merryman December 1978 – 28 July 1980Commander, U.S. Army Aviation Center and Commandant, U.S. Army Aviation School, Ft. Rucker, AL / Chief, U.S. Army Aviation Branch
• MG Carl H. McNair, Jr. July 1980 – June 1983
• MG Bobby J. Maddox June 1983 – January 1985
• MG Ellis D. Parker January 1985 – September 1989
• MG Rudolph Ostovich III September 1989 – July 1991MG. John D. Robinson July 1991 – July 1994
• MG Ronald E. Adams July 1994 – September 1996
• MG Daniel J. Petrosky September 1996 – September 1998
• MG Anthony R. Jones September 1998 – August 2001
• MG John M. Curran August 2001 – December 2003
• MG E.J. Sinclair December 2003 – June 2006
• BG Virgil L. Packett II June 2006 – July 2008
• MG James O. Barclay July 2008 – August 2010
• MG Anthony R.G. Crutchfield July 2008 – August 2012
• MG Kevin W. Mangum August 2012 – March 2014
• MG Michael D. Lundy March 2014 – April 2016
• MG William K. Gayler April 2016 – Present

Command Sergeants Major of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Predecessor Agencies

• SGM/CSM Carl W. Griffin 1965/1966-1969
• CSM Clifton A. Wagner 1970 – 1973
• CSM William L. Nolin 1973 – 1975
• CSM Robert L. Roots 1975 – 1980
• CSM David L. Spears 1980 – 1984
• CSM Roger W. Putnam 1984 – 1985
• CSM Tilden R. Kirkland 1985 – 1987
• CSM John P. Traylor 1987 – 1989
• CSM Roy McCormes 1989 – 1991
• CSM Freddy Finch, Jr. 1991 – 1995
• CSM Marvin E. Horne January 1995 – November 1997
• CSM Edward P. Iannone March 1998 – November 2002
• CSM Walter Belkman November 2002 – January 2005
• CSM Buford Thomas, Jr. January 2005 – January 2007
• CSM Donald R. Sanders January 2007 – May 2009
• CSM Tod L. Glidewell May 2009 – March 2012
• CSM James H. Thomson March 2012 – March 2014
• CSM Eric Thom March 2014 – March 2016
• CSM Gregory M. Chambers March 2016 – Present

Chief Warrant Officers of the Army Aviation Branch

• CW5 Stephen T. Knowles II May 2002 – October 2004
• CW5 Brent C. Driggers October 2004 – December 2006
• CW5 Randall G. Gant April 2007 – August 2008
• CW5 Jeffrey A. Reichard August 2008 – August 2010
• CW5 Michael L. Reese August 2010 – November 2013
• CW5 Allen R. Randy Godfrey November 2013 – April 2016
• CW5 Joseph B. Roland April 2016 – Present

Commanders of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) and Predecessor Agencies

Transportation Corps Army Aviation Field Service Office (TCAAFSO)

• BG I. Sewell Morris December 52 – March 55

Transportation Supply and Maintenance Command (TSMC)

• BG I. Sewell Morris March 1955 – October 1955
• MG William B. Bunker November 1955 – October 1959

U.S. Army Transportation Materiel Command (TMC)

• MG William B. Bunker October 1959 – May 1962
• MG David B. Parker August 1962 – November 1962

U.S. Army Aviation and Surface Materiel Command (AVSCOM)

• MG David B. Parker November 1962 – January 1964

U.S. Army Aviation Materiel Command (AVCOM)

• MG Howard F. Schultz April 1964 – May 1967
• MG John Norton June 1967 – September 1968

U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM)

• MG John Norton September 1968 – October 1969
• MG John L. Klingenhagen November 1969 – June 1971
• MG Fred Kornet, Jr. July 1971 – November 1972
• MG Frank A. Hinrichs November 1972 – July 1975
• MG Evind H. Johansen August 1975 – June 1977

U.S. Army Troop Support and Aviation Materiel Readiness Command (TSARCOM)

• MG Richard H. Thompson July 1977 – July 1980
• MG Emil L. Konopnicki July 1980 – June 1983
• MG Kenneth E. Lewi June 1983 – October 1983

U.S. Army Aviation Research and Development Command (AVRADCOM)

• MG Story C. Stevens July 1977 – July 1983
• MG Orlando E. Gonzales July 1983 – March 1984

U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command (AVSCOM)

• MG Orlando E. Gonzales March 1984 – June 1986
• MG Richard E. Stephenson II June 1986 – September 1989
• MG Donald R. Williamson September 1989 – July 1992

U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command (ATCOM)

• MG Donald R. Williamson July 1992 – April 1993
• MG John S. Cowings April 1993 – June 1995
• MG John J. Cusick June 1995 – April 1996
• MG Emmitt E. Gibson June 1996 – June 1997

U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM)

• MG Emmitt E. Gibson July 1997 – July 1999
• MG Julian A. Sullivan 9 July 1999 – 10 September 2001
• MG Larry J. Dodgen 10 September 2001 – 1 December 2003
• MG James H. Pillsbury 1 December 2003 – 19 July 2007
• MG James R. Myles 19 July 2007 – 10 September 2010
• MG James E. Rogers 10 September 2010 – 6 June 2012
• MG Lynn A. Collyar 6 June 2012 – 12 June 2014
• MG James M. Richardson 12 June 2014 – 18 February 2016
• MG Douglas M. Gabram 18 February 2016 – Present

Directors of Army Aviation

• MG Hamilton H. Howze 1956 – 1957
• BG Ernest F. Easterbrook 1957 – 1959
• COL Hallett D. Edson 1959
• MG Clifton Von Kann 1959 – 1961
• BG Delk M. Oden 1961 – 1963
• COL Robert H. Schulz 1963
• BG John J. Tolson, III 1963 – 1965
• BG George P. Seneff, Jr. 1965 – 1966
• COL Delbert L. Bristol 1966
• MG Robert R. Williams 1966 – 1967
• BG Edwin L. Powell, Jr. 1967 – 1969
• COL Jack W. Hemingway 1969
• MG John L. Klingenhagen 1969
• COL Jack W. Hemingway 1969 – 1970
• MG Allen M. Burdett, Jr. 1970
• MG William J. Maddox, Jr. 1970 – 1973
• BG James H. Merryman 1973 – 1974
• BG Charlie Canedy 1976 – 1977
• MG Carl McNair 1978
• BG Richard D. Kenyon 1979 – 1980
• BG Ellis D. Parker 1981 – 1982
• MG Robert F. Molinelli 1983
• BG Jerome H. Granrud 1988
• BG William Forster 1989 – 1990
• BG Ronald E. Adams 1992 – 1993
• COL William P. Dickens Jr. 1994
• COL Jan E. Callen 1995
• COL Roger E. McCauley 1998 – 1999
• COL Reed Kowalczyk 2000 – 2001
• BG James D. Thurman 2003 – 2004
• MG Jeffrey Schloesser 2005 – 2006
• BG Stephen D. Mundt 2007 – 2008
• Directors of Army Aviation continued
• BG Walter L. Davis 2008 – 2009
• COL William H. Morris 2009 – 2010
• COL Patrick E. Tierney 2010 – 2012
• COL John J. Lindsey 2013 – 2015
• MG Erik C. Peterson 2016 – Present