Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force

Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force

Incumbent Maj Gen Dondi E. Costin since August 30, 2015
Formation	June 11, 1948
First holder	Maj Gen Charles I. Carpenter
Website	chaplaincorps.af.mil

The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force (HAF/HC) is the senior chaplain in the United States Air Force, the functional leader of the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps, and the senior advisor on religious issues to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

The current Chief of Chaplains is Major General Dondi E. Costin.

U.S. Air Force Chiefs of Chaplains

	Name	Term began	Term ended
1.	Maj Gen Charles I. Carpenter	June 11, 1948	August 14, 1958
2.	Maj Gen Terence P. Finnegan	August 15, 1958	July 1, 1962
3.	Maj Gen Robert P. Taylor	September 1, 1962	July 31, 1966
4.	Maj Gen Edwin R. Chess	August 1, 1966	August 1, 1970
5.	Maj Gen Roy M. Terry	August 10, 1970	August 1, 1974
6.	Maj Gen Henry J. Meade	August 2, 1974	August 1, 1978
7.	Maj Gen Richard Carr	November 1, 1978	July 31, 1982
8.	Maj Gen John A. Collins	August 1, 1982	November 1, 1985
9.	Maj Gen Stuart E. Barstad	November 2, 1985	November 1, 1988
10.	Maj Gen John P. McDonough	December 1, 1988	December 1, 1991
11.	Maj Gen Donald J. Harlin	December 2, 1991	August 1, 1995
12.	Maj Gen Arthur S. Thomas	August 1, 1995	August 1, 1997
13.	Maj Gen William J. Dendinger	June 1, 1997	May 1, 2001
14.	Maj Gen Lorraine K. Potter	May 24, 2001	June 1, 2004
15.	Maj Gen Charles C. Baldwin	June 2, 2004	May 27, 2008
16.	Maj Gen Cecil R. Richardson	May 28, 2008	June 1, 2012
17.	Maj Gen Howard D. Stendahl	August 31, 2012	August 29, 2015
18.	Maj Gen Dondi E. Costin	August 30, 2015	Present

Commands	Reserve Air National Guard Field Operating Agencies Installations

Direct Reporting Units	District of Washington Operational Test and Evaluation Center USAF Academy

Major Commands	Air Combat Air Education and Training Air Mobility Global Strike Materiel Reserve Space Special Operations Europe & Africa Pacific

Numbered Air Forces	First Second Third Fourth Fifth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Fourteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty-Second Twenty-Third Twenty-Fourth Twenty-Fifth

Wings ANG Groups ANG Squadrons ANG Security forces Civilian auxiliary: Civil Air Patrol

Personnel and
training

Uniforms and
equipment

History and
traditions

Leadership

Service departments	Department of Defense (Secretary): Army (Secretary) Navy (Secretary) Air Force (Secretary) Department of Homeland Security (Secretary): Coast Guard

Branches	Army (Chief of Staff) Marine Corps (Commandant) Navy (Chief of Naval Operations) Air Force (Chief of Staff) Coast Guard (Commandant)

Other uniformed services	Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Surgeon General) NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (Director)

Reserve components	Reserves: A MC N AF CG National Guard: A AF Naval militias State defense forces

Civilian auxiliaries	Military Auxiliary Radio System Merchant Marine Civil Air Patrol Coast Guard Auxiliary

Unified Combatant Command	Northern Central European Pacific Southern Africa Special Operations Strategic Transportation

Structure

Operations and history

Personnel

Training	MEPS ASVAB Recruit training: A MC N AF CG Officer candidate school: A MC N AF Warrant: A MC Service academies: A (prep) N (prep) AF (prep) CG Merchant Marine PHS Junior/Reserve Officers' Training Corps: A: MJC/SMC MC/N AF Medical Other education

Uniforms	Uniforms: A MC N AF CG Awards & decorations: Inter-service A MC/N AF CG PHS NOAA Foreign International Devices Badges: Identification A MC N AF CG

Ranks	Enlisted: A MC N AF CG Warrant officers Officer: A MC N AF CG PHS NOAA

Other	Oath: Enlistment Office Creeds & Codes: Code of Conduct NCO A MC N AF CG Service numbers: A MC N AF CG Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code Pay Uniform Code of Military Justice Judge Advocate General's Corps Military Health System/TRICARE Separation Veterans Affairs Conscription Chiefs of Chaplains: A MC N AF CG

Land	Individual weapons Crew-served weapons Vehicles (active)

Sea	All watercraft Ships: A N (active) AF CG MSC NOAA Weapons: N CG Aircraft: N CG NOAA Reactors

Air	Aircraft World War I active Aircraft designation Missiles Helicopter arms

Other	Nuclear football Electronics (designations) Flags: A MC N AF CG Ensign Jack Guidons Food WMDs: Nuclear Biological Chemical

Legend: A = Army; MC = Marine Corps; N = Navy; AF = Air Force; CG = Coast Guard; PHS = Public Health Service; NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; MSC = Military Sealift Command

Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States

Chiefs of Chaplains	Chaplain (Major General) Paul K. Hurley (Army) Rear Admiral Margaret_G._Kibben (Navy) Chaplain (Major General) Dondi E. Costin (Air Force)

Senior USMC/USCG Chaplains (working under USN Chief of Chaplains)	Rear Admiral Brent W. Scott (Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps, and Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Navy) Captain Gregory N. Todd (Chaplain of the Coast Guard)

Armed Forces Chaplains Board

Chiefs of Chaplains	CH (MG) Paul K. Hurley (USA Chief of Chaplains) RADM Margaret G. Kibben (USN Chief of Chaplains) CH (Maj Gen) Dondi E. Costin (USAF Chief of Chaplains)

Deputy Chiefs of Chaplains	CH (BG) Thomas L. Solhjem (USA Deputy Chief of Chaplains) RDML Brent W. Scott (USN Deputy Chief of Chaplains/ Chaplain of the USMC) CH (Brig Gen) Steven A. Schaick (USAF Deputy Chief of Chaplains)

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