Larry Stutzriem

Executive Vice President

Maj. Gen. Larry “Stutz” Stutzriem, USAF (Ret.) provides strategic direction to the Air & Space Forces Association and is responsible for the development and execution of initiatives that advance the organization. He serves with the President & CEO in their commitment to support Airmen, Guardians, and their Families around the globe and by guiding AFA as a premier professional military association. 

Stutzriem is a recognized expert in national security strategy, airpower, and organizational leadership, and he is a staunch advocate for the nation’s warfighters and their families. He was commissioned through Air Force ROTC at Arizona State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and later earned a Master of Science in Aviation Management from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a Master of National Security Strategy from the National Defense University.   

Over a 30-year career, he flew the F-4, F-16, and A-10 aircraft, as well as the T-37 and T-38 as both instructor and commander. Stutzriem helped direct air operations in Afghanistan following 9/11, resulting in the surrender of the Taliban government in 90 days. While in Afghanistan, he led the team that pioneered time-sensitive targeting that underpins today’s high-value targeting concepts. During nation-building operations in Iraq, he was assigned to the U.S. Department of State to reinvigorate the political-military interface. His final assignment was as Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy for U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). There, he led a dynamic team that achieved historic breakthroughs in theater security cooperation in the Western Hemisphere and the first Arctic defense strategy.   

Stutzriem was awarded the Bronze Star Medal during Operation Enduring Freedom and received the State Department’s top service award.