Bruce A. Carlson
United States Air Force general (born 1949)
Bruce Allen Carlson (born October 3, 1949), was the 17th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He is a former four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the sixth Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.2
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Born Mar 5, 1949.1
About
The command conducts research, development, test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. After over 37 years of service, he retired from the Air Force on January 1, 2009. Carlson served as a general authority and a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from April 2009 to October 2015.
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Companies
- Safeguard Acquisition Corp.Board member Dec 3, 2025 to now9
- Lockheed MartinBoard member Jul 1, 2015 to now10
- Benchmark ElectronicsBoard member Jul 12, 2017 to May 14, 202111
Early life and education
1971 Bachelor of Arts degree, University of Minnesota Duluth
1979 U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada
1980 Master of Arts degree, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
1989 Distinguished graduate, Master of Arts degree, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
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Career
Occupation: priest, military officer.5
- Since 2015Board member, Lockheed Martin4
Personal life
Awards
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