Paul V. Hester

  • General USAF, Retired.
  • Former Commander, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Component Commander for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command.
  • Former Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command.
  • Staff tours include duty in the Directorate of Plans, as a member of the Commander's Action Group at Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Chief of the Air Force's Legislative Liaison Office at the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Former Division Chief in J-5 of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  • Former Director of Air Force Legislative Liaison for the Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  • Recently the Air Component Commander and force provider to Joint Task Force-536 during Operation Unified Assistance in support of the South Asia tsunami relief effort.