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General Lester L. Lyles (born April 20, 1946)〔()〕 is a former United States Air Force general, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. After retirement from the Air Force in 2003, he became a company director for General Dynamics, DPL Inc., KBR Incorporated, Precision Castparts Corp., MTC Technologies, Battelle Memorial Institute and USAA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Lester L. Lyles Profile )〕 Lyles is also a Trustee of Analytic Services and a Managing Partner of Four Seasons Ventures, LLC. ==Biography== Lyles entered the Air Force in 1968 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. He served in various assignments, including Program Element Monitor of the Short-Range Attack Missile at Headquarters U.S. Air Force in 1974, and as Special Assistant and Aide-De-Camp to the Commander of Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) in 1978. In 1981 he was assigned to Wright-Patterson AFB as Avionics Division Chief in the F-16 Systems Program Office. He 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. Lyles became AFSC headquarters' Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Requirements in 1989, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Requirements in 1990. In 1992 he became Vice Commander of Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah. He 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., until 1996. Lyles became the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1996. In May 1999, he was assigned as Vice Chief of Staff at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He assumed command of Air Force Materiel Command in April 2000. Lyles retired from the Air Force on October 1, 2003. Lyles was a member of The President's Commission on U.S. Space Policy.〔 He chairs the "Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program" committee of the United States National Academies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Committee: Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program )〕 In May 2009 he was named a member Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, an independent review requested by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. The same year he was appointed to the Defense Science Board, a committee of civilian experts appointed to advise the U.S. Department of Defense on scientific and technical matters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General Lester L. Lyles )〕 As of December 2013, he continues to serve as its Vice Chairman. In December 2009, General Lyles was appointed to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board by the White House. On January 22, 2013, General 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. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USAA Board of Directors )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Decorated General Becomes Chairman of USAA Family )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lester Lyles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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