Membership Lunch with General Kevin Chilton

General Chilton completed a 34 1/2 year Air Force career as Commander of U.S. Strategic Command from 2007 to 2011,

where he was responsible for the plans and operations for all U.S. forces conducting strategic deterrence and the Department

of Defense’s space and cyberspace operations.  Prior to this assignment, General Chilton commanded at the wing, numbered

air force, major command, and unified combatant command levels including serving as Commander of Air Force Space

Command from 2006 to 2007. His Pentagon staff assignments included; Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs for Asia,

Pacific and the Middle East, Deputy Director for Air Force Programs, and Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force. He

also served 11 years as a NASA astronaut, where he flew as the Commander of STS-76, his third Space Shuttle mission, and

served as the Deputy Program Manager for Operations for the International Space Station Program.

General Chilton is a distinguished graduate of the US Air Force Academy, with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Engineering

Sciences, a Columbia University Guggenheim Fellow with a Master of Sciences degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a

distinguished graduate of the US Air Force pilot training and test pilot schools. He also was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Creighton University. 

General Chilton currently serves as an independent consultant and as a Director for the CenturyLink and Aerojet Rocketdyne

Corporations. He is a trustee for Air Force Academy Falcon Foundation and the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Foundation, a member of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Board of Governors, a member of the Sandia National Laboratory

Board of Managers, and a former member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Board of Governors. He is a former Director

of the Aerospace Corp, Anadarko Petroleum Corp, The United States Air Force Academy Association of Graduates, Level 3

Corp, Orbital ATK Corp, HDT Corp, and the Schafer Corp.