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General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force ; ; SAF/GC
	; Seal of the Office of the General Counsel;
	; Flag of the General Counsel and the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force;
	; ; Incumbent; Thomas E. Ayres; since February 18, 2018
	; Department of the Air Force; Office of the Secretary;
Style	The Honorable
Reports to	; Secretary of the Air Force; Under Secretary of the Air Force;
Seat	; The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Nominator	The President;
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	; 10 U.S.C. § 8019;
Formation	1947
First holder	Brackley Shaw
Deputy	Principal Deputy General Counsel
Salary	; Executive Schedule, level IV
Website	www.safgc.hq.af.mil

The General Counsel of the Air Force (acronym SAF/GC) is the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of the Air Force.

By U.S. law, the General Counsel of the Air Force is appointed from civilian life by the President of the United States upon the advice and consent of the United States Senate, and performs such duties as the Secretary of the Air Force specifies.^[2]

According to Secretary of the Air Force Order No. 111.5, dated July 14, 2005, "The General Counsel is the chief legal officer and chief ethics official of the Department of the Air Force. Legal opinions issued by the Office of the General Counsel shall be the controlling opinions of the Department of the Air Force. The General Counsel provides advice in accordance with applicable statues on any legal subject and on other matters as directed by the Secretary."^[3] In other words, the General Counsel of the Air Force advises the Secretary of the Air Force, the Under Secretary of the Air Force, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, as well as the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and other military leaders of the United States Air Force on legal matters, other than those statutory duties under the Uniform Code of Military Justice performed by the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force.

List of General Counsels of the Air Force (incomplete list)

Name	Assumed Office	Left Office	President Appointed By	Secretary Served Under
Brackley Shaw	1947	1949	Harry S. Truman	W. Stuart Symington
William T. Thurman	1950	1950	Harry S. Truman	W. Stuart Symington, Thomas K. Finletter
James T. Hill Jr.	1950	1952	Harry S. Truman	Thomas K. Finletter
John Alvin Johnson	1952	1958	Dwight Eisenhower	Thomas K. Finletter, Harold E. Talbott, Donald A. Quarles, James H. Douglas Jr.
Max Golden	1958	1962	Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy	James H. Douglas Jr., Dudley C. Sharp, Eugene M. Zuckert
Gerritt W. Wesselink	1964	1965	Lyndon B. Johnson	Eugene M. Zuckert
Stephen N. Shulman	1965	1966	Lyndon Johnson	Eugene M. Zuckert, Harold Brown
J. William Doolittle	1966	1968	Lyndon Johnson	Harold Brown
John M. Steadman	1968	1970	Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon	Harold Brown, Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Jack L Stempler	1970	1977	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford	Robert C. Seamans, Jr., John L. McLucas, James W. Plummer, Thomas C. Reed,
Peter B. Hamilton	1977	1978	Jimmy Carter	John C. Stetson
Stuart R. Reichart	1979	1981	Jimmy Carter	John C. Stetson, Hans M. Mark, Verne Orr
David E. Place	1981	1984	Ronald Reagan	Verne Orr
Eugene R. Sullivan	1984	1986	Ronald Reagan	Verne Orr, Russell A. Rourke
Kathleen A. Buck	1986	1987	Ronald Reagan	Russell A. Rourke, Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Anne N. Foreman	1987	1989	Ronald Reagan	Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Ann Petersen	1989	1993	George H. W. Bush	Donald B. Rice
Gilbert F. Casellas	1993	1994	Bill Clinton	Sheila E. Widnall
Sheila C. Cheston	1995	1998	Bill Clinton	Sheila E. Widnall
Jeh Charles Johnson	1998	2001	Bill Clinton	F. Whitten Peters
Mary L. Walker	2001	2008	George W. Bush	James G. Roche, Michael Wynne
Charles A. Blanchard	2009	2013	Barack Obama	Michael B. Donley
Gordon O. Tanner	2014	2017	Barack Obama	Deborah Lee James
Thomas E. Ayres	2018	Incumbent	Donald Trump	Heather Wilson

References

^ 5 U.S.C. § 5315

^ 10 U.S.C. § 8019

^ General Counsel webpage

External links

Official website

[1] 5 U.S.C. § 5315

[2] 10 U.S.C. § 8019

[3] General Counsel webpage

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List of General Counsels of the Air Force (incomplete list)

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General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force SAF/GC
Seal of the Office of the General Counsel
Flag of the General Counsel and the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force
Incumbent Thomas E. Ayres since February 18, 2018
Department of the Air Force Office of the Secretary
Style	The Honorable
Reports to	Secretary of the Air Force Under Secretary of the Air Force
Seat	The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Nominator	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	10 U.S.C. § 8019
Formation	1947
First holder	Brackley Shaw
Deputy	Principal Deputy General Counsel
Salary	Executive Schedule, level IV^[1]
Website	www.safgc.hq.af.mil