Michael E. Conley

Michael Edward Conley is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who has served as the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command since 2 July 2024. Conley most recently served as the director of operations of the Air Force Special Operations Command from 2023 to 2024. He also served as the director of strategic plans, requirements, and programs of the Air Mobility Command from 2022 to 2023, and as the deputy commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, he was commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing of the United States Air Force from 2018 to 2020.

Conley was born and raised in Geneva, New York. He was commissioned to the U.S. Air Force in May 1996 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. + Rank Date Second lieutenantMay 1996 First lieutenantMay 1998 CaptainMay 2000 MajorMay 2006 Lieutenant colonelMarch 2010 ColonelApril 2016 Brigadier generalJune 2020 Lieutenant generalJuly 2024