David Deptula

Dave is a retired Lieutenant General, United States Air Force, having served more than three decades with an expertise in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and a pioneer in conceptualizing, planning, and executing national security operations. He has served on two congressional commissions charged with outlining America’s future defense posture, has been a Joint Task Force Commander twice, and has served in a variety of command positions in the Middle East and Asia. In 2009, Dave was awarded the Aviation Week Laureate Award for extraordinary accomplishment in national defense; and in 2010 he was awarded the Air Force Association’s highest honor to a military member in the field of national security.