Charles F. Wald

Charles F. Wald (; born 8 July 1948

Wald serves as a co-leader of the National Security Project (NSP) at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Personal In the 2024 United States presidential election, Wald endorsed Kamala Harris.

Football career While attending North Dakota State University, Wald was a president of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and a starting wide receiver in the North Dakota State Bison football team. He was selected in the 14th round of the 1970 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons.

Education

Assignments February 1971 - January 1972, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Arizona May 1972 - February 1973, forward air controller, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam May 1973 - May 1976, instructor pilot and wing flight examiner, Air Training Command, Craig AFB, Alabama December 1976 - August 1978, project officer, Operational Systems Engineering Branch, Norton AFB, California August 1978 - August 1981, F-15A aircraft commander, instructor pilot and flight commander, 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg AB, West Germany August 1981 - September 1982, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama September 1982 - August 1985, flight commander, assistant operations and operations officer, 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia August 1985 - August 1989, Chief, Strategic North Atlantic Treaty Organization Branch; later, Chief, Strategic and Middle East-Africa Branch; later, Chief, U.S. Air Force Combat Terrorism Center; later, assistant executive officer to the Air Force Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C. August 1989 - July 1990, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. July 1990 - March 1993, Deputy Commander for Operations, 86th Tactical Fighter Wing; later, Commander, 86th Support Group; later, Commander, 86th Operations Group, Ramstein AB, Germany March 1993 - September 1993, executive officer to Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations, Boerfink AB, Germany September 1993 - May 1995, executive officer to Director of Operations and U.S. Senior National Representative, Headquarters Allied Air Forces Central Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany May 1995 - July 1997, Commander, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano AB, Italy July 1997 - January 1998, special assistant to the Chief of Staff for National Defense Review, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. January 1998 - October 1998, Director of Strategic Planning and Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. October 1998 - January 2000, Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. January 2000 - November 2001, Commander, 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Shaw AFB, South Carolina November 2001 - December 2002, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. December 2002 - July 2006, Deputy Commander, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany

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