John A. Warden III
| John Ashley Warden III | |
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Colonel Warden as Commandant of the Air Command and Staff College (1992)
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| Born |
December 21, 1943 McKinney, Texas |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1965–1995 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron 23rd Tactical Air Support 401st TFW Pentagon Eglin AFB Moody AFB Decimomannu AFB National War College 36th TFW Pentagon |
| Commands held |
Air Command and Staff College 36th TFW |
| Battles/wars |
Vietnam War Operation Desert Storm |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal (11) |
| Relations | Brigadier General John A. Warden, US Army Colonel Pete Warden, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John A. Warden IV, U.S. Air Force |
| Other work | CEO Venturist Inc., Montgomery, Alabama |
John Ashley Warden III (born December 21, 1943) is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Warden is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. His Air Force career spanned 30 years, from 1965 to 1995, and included tours in Vietnam, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Korea, as well as many assignments within the continental United States. Warden completed a number of assignments in the Pentagon, was a Special Assistant for Policy Studies and National Security Affairs to the Vice President of the United States, and was Commandant of the Air Command and Staff College.
John Warden has been called "the leading air power theorist in the U.S. Air Force in the second half of the twentieth century". He has also been called "one of the most creative airmen of our times. John Warden is not just a creative airman; he is one of America's premier strategic thinkers".
"Warden's career was marked with brilliance and controversy, and to this day his name inspires both warm affection and cold contempt in the defense establishment. He was, and still is a controversial and influential figure in the defense establishment in general, and the U.S. Air Force in particular".
His impact on the future of air power in the United States Air Force is still being assessed, but "several distinguished military historians, officers, and other experts have concluded that Warden defined the very terms of reference for the 1991 Desert Storm military strategy and thereby introduced a new approach to the conduct of war".
John A. Warden III was born in McKinney, Texas in 1943 and was the fourth in his family to pursue a military career. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in National Security Affairs in 1965 from the Air Force Academy and his master's degree from Texas Tech University in 1975, with his thesis focused exclusively on decision-making at the Grand Strategic level.
In 1965 (on his twenty-second birthday), he married his high school sweetheart, Marjorie "Margie" Ann Clarke, and on December 5, 1966 became the father of twins, Elizabeth Kathleen, and John Warden IV.
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