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Air Force Association Reelects National President

Arlington, VA, September 23, 2005—The Air Force Association recently reelected Robert E. “Bob” Largent of Perry, Georgia, as National President during the AFA National Convention in Washington, D.C. Largent, who was reelected by the delegates to the convention, will begin his second term on October 1, 2005.

Currently, Largent is the owner and principal of an organizational and leadership development consulting firm with a practice that includes an array of national and international clients.

Largent is a Life Member and has been active in AFA since 1974. He formerly served as an AFA Region President for the Southeast Region, the Chapter Vice President and Leadership Development Vice President for the Carl Vinson Memorial Chapter and Georgia State President and Vice President of Awards and Leadership Development. He has been a member of the AFA Membership Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee and the AFA Organizational Review Group.

Among his many AFA chapter and state awards, Largent has received the AFA Medal of Merit, Exceptional Service Award, and Presidential Citation.

Largent was commissioned through ROTC in 1968 and served for more than 24 years in various strategic missile operations assignments, including Minuteman Combat Crew, Squadron Operations Officer, Chief of Wing Training, Chief of Wing Plans, Squadron Commander, and Assistant Deputy Commander for Wing and Group Operations. He has also served in a variety of staff assignments, including Special Assistant to the Air Force Chief of Staff; in the Office of the Joint Staff Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Military Assistant to the Commander in Chief, Pacific; and Chief, Strategy Division, Headquarters US Pacific Command. Largent retired in 1992 as a colonel. He has received numerous awards, including the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal.

He is involved in a variety of local civic and community activities, as well as those of AFA, including Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, serving as the Chair of the Business Development Committee, and Houston County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Largent graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in business administration and has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is also a resident graduate of the Air War College.

He and his wife, Becky, have three children and five grandchildren.

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The Air Force Association (AFA) is an independent, nonprofit, civilian organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation. AFA has more than 230 chapters nationwide and overseas, and more than 130,000 members. Visit us on the Internet at www.afa.org.