Herbert J. Carlisle

General Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle served 39 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a four-star general in March 2017. His last assignment was as commander, Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Before that, Carlisle was the commander of Pacific Air Forces; the air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command; and executive director of Pacific Air Combat Operations staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. He was a joint service officer and served as chief of air operations, U.S. Central Command Forward in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia; in Operation Provide Comfort in Turkey; and Operation Noble Eagle.

Carlisle graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics; he received a master’s degree in business administration in 1988 from Golden Gate University of San Francisco.