Michael M. Dunn became the AFA President and CEO as of July 1, 2007. As AFA's top staff executive, Dunn directs the association's professional staff in all functional areas and is responsible for the management and operations of the Association. He will also hold the position of publisher of Air Force Magazine, the official journal of the more than 125,000-member association.
A retired lieutenant general, he previously served as president of the National Defense University (NDU), Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC. NDU's mission is to provide world-class professional military education in joint, multinational and interagency operations.
Dunn commanded the 1st Operations Group at Langley AFB, VA, a group composed of nine squadrons and one flight with F-15, UH-1, C-21, HC-130 and HH-3 aircraft. He was also the Senior Military Fellow and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has served in four joint tours including Headquarters U.S. European Command, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Headquarters United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea, and the Joint Staff. In Korea, he was the lead negotiator with the North Korean Army at P'anmunjom.
He began his career as an F-106 pilot and later flew the F-15 in the Far East. He has also flown the HC-130, HH-3, T-33, T-37, T-38, T-41 and UH-1 aircraft. He is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours.
Among his military decorations are the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
Dunn graduated fourth in his class from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Class of 1972, with a bachelor of science degree in astrodynamics and completed Squadron Officer School in 1976. He holds a master of science degree in systems management from the University of Southern California, which he received in 1981. He is also a graduate of Air Command and Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Dunn and his wife, Pam, reside in Arlington, Virginia.
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