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Commanders Emeritus

North Central Region

  Commander Command Assignment Wing
27  John R. O'Neill May 2020 -  MO
26 Regena M. Aye May 2016 - May 2020 KS
25 Robert K. Todd June 2012 - May 2016 NE
24 Sean P. Fagan January 2011 - June 2012 MO
23 Steven W. Kuddes March 2008 - January 2011 NE
22 Sean P. Fagan October 2006 - March 2008 MO
21 Steven W. Kuddes August 2005 - October 2006 NE
20 Rex E. Glasgow June 2002 - August 2005 IA
19 Sheila J. Waldorf August 1998 - June 2002 IA
18 Joseph D. McMillan     August 1996 - August 1998 MO
17 Nicholas J. Knutz August 1990 - August 1996 MO
16 Richard L. Anderson     June 1989 - August 1990 NE
15 Gerald S. Holliday July 1987 - June 1989 MO
14 Donald A. Sumner January 1982 - July 1987 MN
13 William B. Cass March 1976 - January 1982 IA
12 Gerald M. Quilling December 1975 - March 1976 MN
11 William H. Ramsey January 1974 - December 1975 MN
10 Richard A. Salsman December 1973 - January 1974 ND
9 John H. O'Gara June 1972 - December 1973 SD
8 Roger J. Frey March 1971 - June 1972 MN
7 William H. Ramsey December 1969 - March 1971 MN
6 Richard T. Murphy December 1966 - December 1969 MN
5 James H. Laidlaw September 1963 - December 1966 MN
4 Malcolm McDermid September 1958 - September 1963 MN
3 Vee L. Phillips September 1953 - September 1958 MN
2 Rudy C. Mueller May 1952 - September 1953 NE
1 Irven A. Myrha No Beginning Date on File - May 1952    ND

Iowa Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
31  Jonathan W. Lartigue May 2020 - 
30 Joseph M. Hackett April 2018 - May 2020
29 Anita Elliott January 2015 - November 2017
September 2014 - January 2015 [Interim]
28 Michael J. Mouw January 2013 - September 2014
27 Ronald J. Scheitzach January 2008 - January 2013
26 Ralph Tomlinson January 2004 - January 2008
25 Gerald P. Lowry November 2003 - January 2004
24 Russell E. Smith June 2002 - November 2003
23 Rex E. Glasgow     January 2000 - June 2002
22 John F. Lalla August 1998 - January 2000
21 Sheila J. Waldorf November 1996 - August 1998
20 Lawrence D. Toigo November 1992 - November 1996
19 Ramona J. Shaver July 1988 - November 1992
18 Eugene C. Kellogg September 1986 - July 1988
17 Phyllis A. Dolin November 1985 - September 1986
16 James M. Black November 1982 - November 1985
15 Evan R. Winters December 1981 - November 1982
14 Donald M. Bailey August 1979 - December 1981
13 Patricia J. Gigstad June 1975 - August 1979
12 William B. Cass May 1972 - June 1975
11 William R. Gold April 1971 - May 1972
10 Robert A. Graybill December 1970 - March 1971
9 William B. Cass February 1968 - December 1970
8 Allen E. Towne September 1965 - February 1968
7 Edward J. Whisler February 1964 - September 1965
6 Hal D. Rogers May 1958 - February 1964
5 Robert J. Wade December 1955 - May 1958
4 Harold E. McKinney January 1950 - December 1955
3 Williard O. Fuller February 1948 - January 1950
2 Don C. Johnston March 1944 - February 1948
1 Daniel J. Hunter December 1941 - March 1944

Kansas Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
30 Mark W. Lahan May 2022 - 
29  Roger E. Eaton May 2020 - May 2022
28 Linette Lahan May 2016 - May 2020
27 Rick G. Franz May 2012 - May 2016
26 Regena Aye May 2008 - May 2012
25 Barney King May 2004 - May 2008
24 George M. Boyd February 2000 - May 2004
23 Timothy A. Hansen January 1997 - February 2000
22 Harold D. Brown September 1995 - January 1997
21 Burgess W. Rennels, Jr.    June 1995 - September 1995
20 Charles H. Tollett December 1992 - June 1995
19 Patricia A. Lane May 1989 - December 1992
18 Christopher N. Fox September 1988 - May 1989
17 Patricia A. Lane February 1988 - September 1988
16 Ralph W. Rissmiller, Jr.      October 1984 - February 1988
15 Jerome L. Hanson October 1979 - October 1984
14 James E. Barkley December 1976 - October 1979
13 Arlyn F. Roland February 1973 - December 1976
12 Eugene R. Beaver October 1971 - February 1973
11 Ernest M. Green September 1970 - October 1971
10 Toby Elster October 1968 - September 1970
9 Noel F. Depew June 1967 - October 1968
8 Charles W. Matthis, Jr. February 1964 - May 1967
7 Elbert S. Villines September 1960 - February 1964
6 James J. O'Connor September 1953 - September 1960
5 Henry E. Zoller October 1952 - September 1953
4 Theodore Chapman July 1951 - October 1952
3 Oliver A. Morard, Jr. April 1950 - July 1951
2 Paul D. Threlfall September 1947 - April 1950
1 H. Howard Wilcox December 1941 - September 1947

Minnesota Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
29  William M Hienz, III April 2020 - 
28 James Garlough April 2016 - April 2020
27 Brent Halweg November 2012 - April 2016
26 Dave Odette September 2012 - November 2012 [Interim]
25 Jerry Rosendahl August 2011 - October 2011 [Interim]
October 2011 - September 2012
24 Thomas B. Theis April 2008 - August 2011
23 Stephen Miller April 2004 - April 2008
22 Dale E. Hoium April 2000 - April 2004
21 Kevin F. Sliwinski April 1997 - April 2000
20 Wilbur D. Donaldson May 1994 - April 1997
19 Joseph H. Kasper April 1994 - May 1994
18 Dennis A. Rock April 1990 - April 1994
17 Alan K. Brandon September 1986 - April 1990
16 Beverly A. Henderson January 1986 - September 1986
15 Lionel B. Bourguin, Jr. December 1982 - January 1986
14 Lorraine V. Timmerman January 1981 - December 1982
13 Russell E. Kruse January 1977 - January 1981
12 John T. Johnson April 1972 - December 1976
11 Gerald M. Quilling     December 1969 - April 1972
10 William H. Ramsey September 1968 - December 1969
9 David D. Cleary May 1965 - September 1968
8 Richard T. Murphy September 1958 - April 1965
7 Malcolm McDermid January 1955 - September 1958
6 James H. Laidlaw November 1952 - January 1955
5 Vee L. Phillips September 1947 - November 1952
4 Stafford King September 1946 - September 1947
3 Clayton N. Wulff August 1943 - September 1946
2 Horace E. Read August 1942 - August 1943
1 Leslie L. Schroeder December 1941 - August 1942

Missouri Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
28 Jennifer L. Smith March 2023 - 
27  Thomas J. Martin, Jr. March 2019 - March 2023
26 John R. O'Neill March 2015 - March 2019
25 Erica R. Williams January 2011 - March 2015
24 Sean P. Fagan September 2010 - January 2011
23 John A. Mais October 2006 - September 2010
22 Sean P. Fagan November 2005 - October 2006
21 Joe E. Casler  October 2001 - November 2005
20 Jeanette K. Lawson   October 1997 - October 2001
19 Walter L. Reed October 1995 - October 1997
18 Emmit G. Williams July 1991 - October 1995
17 Ken G. Rodermund October 1990 - July 1991
16 Joseph D. McMillan November 1986 - October 1990
15 Gerald S. Holliday November 1981 - November 1986
14 Nicholas J. Knutz  December 1976 - November 1981
13 William T. Winkert June 1974 - December 1976
12 Donald N. Fulton January 1971 - June 1974
11 Clark Johnston April 1966 - December 1970
10 Sterling R. Kennedy February 1964 - April 1966
9 John O. Ladd January 1956 - February 1964
8 Francis J. Fabick May 1954 - January 1956
7 Victor R. Freer April 1952 - May 1952
6 Harold C. Oltman June 1949 - April 1952
5 Frank F. Tracy August 1946 - June 1949
4 L. W. Greene January 1946 - June 46
3 Kenneth Newland July 1945 - January 1946
2 David W. Kratz January 1943 - July 1945
1 William B. Robertson December 1941 - January 1943

Nebraska Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
31 Dale R. Wuster July 2022 - 
30 Jeffrey S. Michalski September 2021 - July 2022 [Interim]
29 Ian Calderon March 2021 - September 2021
28 Leonard Cassell October 2020 - March 2021 [Interim]
27  Robert W. Whelan, Jr. March 2019 - October 2020
26 Steven W. Kuddes March 2018 - March 2019
25 Darrell W. Nelson March 2014 - March 2018
24 David Plum March 2010 - March 2014
23 Robert K. Todd September 2005- March 2010
22 Carl R. Willert August 2005 - September 2005
21 Steven W. Kuddes March 2005 - August 2005
20 Warder L. Shires June 2001 - March 2005
19 Carl R. Willert March 2001 - June 2001
18 Bruce L. Marksen     March 1998 - March 2001
17 John T. Rooney July 1995 - March 1998
16 Steven W. Kuddes August 1990 - July 1995
15 Clyde Webb June 1989 - August 1990
14 Richard L. Anderson July 1985 - June 1989
13 Dennis R. Kumm April 1983 - July 1985
12 William B. Woodruff November 1979 - April 1983
11 John H. Johannes June 1975 - November 1979
10 David P. Mohr June 1973 - June 1975
9 William B. Woodruff January 1971 - June 1973
8 Peter J. Staveneak July 1960 - January 1971
7 H. James Grove March 1956 - July 1960
6 Arthur E. Miller July 1954 - March 1956
5 Peter J. Stavneak June 1954 - July 1954
4 Earle C. Reynolds June 1952 - June 1954
3 Rudy C. Mueller September 1945 - May 1952
2 Harry D. Sidles July 1942 - September 1945
1 I. V. Packard December 1941 - July 1942

North Dakota Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
26 Justin B. Baier July 2021 - 
25 Thomas D. Weston March 2021- July 2021 [Interim]
24  Ken Schuler March 2020 - March 2021
23 John Steiner April 2016 - March 2020
22 William Kay March 2011 - April 2016
21 Dean F. Reiter April 2010 - March 2011
20 Karl R. Altenburg April 2006 - April 2010
19 K. Walter Vollmers April 2002 - April 2006
18 Thomas D. Weston March 1998 - April 2002
17 Laurence L. Ruebel March 1994 - March 1998
16 Wynola F. Thornton-Eide    April 1990 - March 1994
15 Paul E. Eide July 1984 - April 1990
14 Thomas A. Dahle December 1982 - July 1984
13 David E. Wachal December 1980 - December 1982
12 Maurice E. Cook May 1976 - December 1980
11 Kermit K. Schauer September 1974 - May 1976
10 Erling A. Nasset July 1972 - August 1974
9 Richard A. Salsman September 1968 - July 1972
8 Stanley C. Frank February 1957 - September 1968
7 John M. Kurke December 1954 - February 1957
6 Paul S. Roel October 1951 - December 1954
5 Julius M. Hetland September 1950 - October 1951
4 Floyd W. Plath February 1949 - September 1950
3 Irven A. Myrha August 1944 - February 1949
2 W. E. Van Walker November 1942 - August 1944
1 Arthur M. Sampson December 1941 - November 1942

South Dakota Wing

  Commander Command Assignment
29 Michael W. Marek December 2021 - 
28  Nicholas J. Gengler May 2020 - December 2021
27 David Small June 2016 - May 2020
26 John Seten June 2012 - June 2016
25 Teresa Schimelfening    January 2010-June 2012
24 Michael A. Beason October 2005-January 2010
23 Brady T. Marking April 2005 - October 2005
22 Mary F. Donley April 2001 - April 2005
21 George L. Colombe March 1999 - April 2001
20 Richard A. Buechler July 1995 - March 1999
19 Rob E. Moore May 1994 - July 1995
18 Alden L. House March 1990 - May 1994
17 Jerry A. Hayden October 1985 - March 1990
16 M. R. Vander Maten April 1982 - October 1985
15 Harold K. Lindseth June 1977 - April 1982
14 Lester W. Snyder May 1974 - June 1977
13 Eugene U. Pluth June 1973 - May 1974
12 Palmer M. Kickland July 1970 - June 1973
11 John H. O'Gara January 1969 - July 1970
10 Charles C. Doughty July 1965 - December 1968
9 O. Duane Hansen, Jr. October 1964 - July 1965
8 John E. Page July 1960 - October 1964
7 Rupert P. Brzica December 1955 - July 1960
6 Robert E. Trager February 1955 - September 1955
5 Joseph L. Floyd November 1952 - February 1955
4 Frank A. Prather January 1951 - November 1952
3 Forrest E. Elliott September 1950 - January 1951
2 James R. Barnett October 1945 - September 1950
1 T. B. Roberts, Jr. December 1941 - October 1945
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