James C. Slife (born 1967) is a United States Air Force four-star general who served as the vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force from 19 December 2023 to 21 February 2025. He previously served as the deputy chief of staff for operations of the United States Air Force from December 2022 to December 2023.

He served as the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command from June 2019 to December 2022, having previously served as the vice commander from July 2018 to June 2019 and chief of staff of United States Special Operations Command from June 2017 to June 2018.[1][2] Slife was commissioned through the ROTC program at Auburn University in 1989.[3]

In September 2023, Slife was nominated for promotion to general and appointment as vice chief of staff of the Air Force.[4]

On 21 February 2025, Slife was relieved from his position as vice chief of staff of the Air Force. As of 23 February 2025, a replacement has not been announced.

Awards and decorations

Personal decorations
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters
Width-44 crimson ribbon with a pair of width-2 white stripes on the edges Legion of Merit
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges.
 Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Width-44 crimson ribbon with two width-8 white stripes at distance 4 from the edges. Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Unit awards
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
Gallant Unit Citation
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor device and silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Service awards
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
Campaign and service medals
Bronze star
Width=44 scarlet ribbon with a central width-4 golden yellow stripe, flanked by pairs of width-1 scarlet, white, Old Glory blue, and white stripes
 National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two service stars
Bronze star
 Southwest Asia Service Medal with service star
Bronze star
 Kosovo Campaign Medal with service star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with three service stars
Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal with two service stars
Humanitarian Service Medal with two service stars
Service, training, and marksmanship awards
Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon
Bronze oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon with oak leaf cluster
Silver oak leaf cluster
 Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame and silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and two bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze star
 Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with service star
Air Force Training Ribbon
Foreign awards
NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia with two service stars
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Other accoutrements
US Air Force Command Pilot Badge
Basic Parachutist Badge
Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge

Effective dates of promotion

Insignia Rank Date
General 19 December 2023
Lieutenant general 29 June 2018
Major general 2 May 2016
Brigadier general 12 July 2013
Colonel 1 March 2006
Lieutenant colonel 1 March 2002
Major 1 July 1999
Captain 20 October 1993
First lieutenant 20 October 1991
Second lieutenant 9 June 1989

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References

  1. ^ Saphore, Cassandra (9 December 2022). "Bauernfeind new leader of Air Commandos". Air Force Special Operations Command. Hurlburt Field, Florida: AFSOC Public Affairs. Retrieved 11 December 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  3. ^ "Lt. Gen. Jim Slife assumes command at AFSOC". 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ "PN933 — Lt. Gen. James C. Slife — Air Force, 118th Congress (2023-2024)". U.S. Congress. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. ^ "JAMES C. "JIM" SLIFE". Air Force. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Staff of the United States Special Operations Command
2017–2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Commander of the United States Special Operations Command
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command
2019–2022
Preceded by Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the United States Air Force
2022–2023 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
2023–2025 		Vacant
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Slife
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