1. General Lester L Lyles was born on April 20,1946 and is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force.
15 Facts About Lester Lyles
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Lester Lyles served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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Lester Lyles entered the USAF in 1968 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program.
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Lester Lyles served in various assignments, including Program Element Monitor of the Short-Range Attack Missile at USAF Headquarters in 1974, and as special assistant and aide-de-camp to the commander of Air Force Systems Command in 1978.
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Lester Lyles has served as director of tactical aircraft systems at AFSC headquarters and as director of the Medium-Launch Vehicles Program and Space-Launch Systems offices.
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Lester Lyles became AFSC headquarters' assistant deputy chief of staff for requirements in 1989, and deputy chief of staff for requirements in 1990.
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Lester Lyles served as Commander of the center from 1993 until 1994, then was assigned to command the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
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Lester Lyles became the director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1996.
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Lester Lyles assumed command of Air Force Materiel Command in April 2000.
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Lester Lyles retired from the air force on October 1,2003.
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Lester Lyles was a member of The President's Commission on US Space Policy.
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In December 2009, General Lester Lyles was appointed to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board by the White House.
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On January 22,2013, General Lester Lyles was named chairman of the board of directors for USAA having been a USAA member since 1968 and a member of the board of directors since 2004.
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General Lester Lyles completed his final term as chairman in August 2019 after nearly seven years in the role and left USAA's board of directors after 15 years of dedicated service.
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On May 15,2019, General Lester Lyles assumed the role of non-executive chairman of the board for KBR, Inc having been a member of the board of directors since November 2007.