The Air Force Association Board of Directors has tapped Michael M. Dunn, a retired Air Force lieutenant general who last served as president of National Defense University, to become AFA president and chief executive officer, directing the professional staff and managing AFA’s daily operations. Dunn graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1972 and began his career flying F-106 fighters, transitioning to the F-15 in 1983. He held numerous command and staff positions, including Air Staff, DOD, and joint assignments. Dunn will succeed Don Peterson, who has served as the association’s top executive for five years.
The Pentagon fulfilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's promise to slash the number of Religious Affiliation Codes used by the military to track the volume of members adhering to different religions and to shape the chaplain corps to support them. The change reduces the number of religions counted for such purposes…