Major General Clark Quinn

Commander, 19th Air Force US Air Force

Maj. Gen. Clark J. Quinn is the Commander, Nineteenth Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Nineteenth Air Force is composed of 32,000 total force personnel and 1,530 aircraft assigned to 17 total force wings located across the United States. He is responsible for more than 45% of the U.S. Air Force’s annual flying hour program, which trains 27,000 U.S. and allied aircrew annually. The training encompasses undergraduate and graduate fixed and rotary wing pilots, remotely piloted aircraft pilots, combat systems officers, air battle managers, weapons directors and graduate career enlisted aviators, which provides fully qualified aircrew personnel to the warfighting commands. Prior to assuming his current role, Maj. Gen. Quinn served as Deputy Commander Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. In this position, he assisted with the development of contingency plans and the execution of air operations for the 21-nation U.S. Central Command area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia. Maj. Gen. Quinn has commanded at the squadron and wing levels and has held staff assignments at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command. He received his commission in 1993 from Officer Training School and is a command pilot who has flown in support of operations Southern Watch, Noble Eagle, Unified Protector, Enduring Freedom and Inherent Resolve.