Lance L. Smith
Lieutenant General Lance L. Smith serves as the Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The general entered the Air Force in 1970 after completing Officer Training School. He served two tours at the Pentagon and was Commandant of the NATO School at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Commandant of Air War College and Vice Commander of Air University. He commanded two fighter wings and led two air expeditionary force deployments to Southwest Asia : AEF III and the 4th Air Expeditionary Wing. He flew more than 165 combat missions in Southeast and Southwest Asia in the A-1 Skyraider and the F-15E Strike Eagle. A command pilot, he has more than 3,000 hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, A-1, A-7, A-10, F-111F, F-15E and F-16.
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