Lieutenant General Harry Goodall (USAF Retired)

General Goodall entered the Air Force in 1949 as an enlisted man, was commissioned in 1957, and became one of the most highly decorated USAF General Officers before his retirement in 1991. During his illustrious career, General Goodall served in increasingly responsible and mostly front line operational assignments. Highlights of his tour of duty include:

Several tours of duty in the Philippines, Thailand, and the Republic of Vietnam; Chief of the Fighter Branch in the Directorate of Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force; Several critical rescue missions in Thailand, Alaska and Cambodia; Military Assistant to the Undersecretary of the Air Force; Assistant Deputy Director, and Deputy Director, Plans and Policy for International Negotiations, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Deputy U.S. commissioner of the U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Standing Consultative Commission; Commissioner of the U.S. Component of the Commission with temporary rank of Ambassador.

General Goodall has more than 5,000 flying hours in various U.S. Air Force fighter and special operations aircraft, as well as fighter aircraft of allied nations. He flew more than 200 combat missions in Southeast Asia, 42 over North Vietnam. His military decorations and awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with 12 oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and two oak leaf clusters and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm. He also has been awarded the flying wings of the German Luftwaffe and is the recipient of the Freedom Foundation's George Washington Honor Medal. The General also earned an Air Force Missile badge and a Parachutist badge.

From 1991 to 1993, General Goodall served as Managing Director, Alenia S.P.A, Naples, Italy, the provider of the G-222 that was converted into the USAF C-27 by Chrysler Technologies Airborne Systems, Waco, Texas. From 1993 to 1995, he was President, Goodall Associates, consulting in energy conservation and related technologies. Principal clients included Honeywell and Rockwell. In the ensuing five years, General Goodall was Senior Vice President, AT&T, running a $1.4B government business base, including classified programs and White House Communications.

From June 2000 to February 2002, the General was CEO of Optimal Energy Systems, Inc., a start-up, new-technology, flywheel energy storage company focusing on electrical energy systems for spacecraft. Since June 2002 he has served as a Board Member and Director, Strategic Planning, for Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, LLC, with headquarters in Waco, Texas. The General also has been serving as a Senior Fellow, at the National Defense University, since June 1995.

General Goodall earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1965, a Master of Science degree in business administration from George Washington University in 1967 and a Master of Science degree in public administration from Auburn University in 1974. He completed Squadron Officer School in 1962, Air Command and Staff College in 1967, and Air War College as a distinguished graduate in 1974.

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