Stephen Cortright | |
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Major General Stephen Cortright, USAF (ret.)
Former Adjutant General, State of Oklahoma |
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Born | March 26, 1941 |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/branch |
United States Air Force Oklahoma National Guard Oklahoma Air National Guard |
Years of service | 1964 - 2003 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | Adjutant General of Oklahoma |
Awards | Legion of Merit |
Major General Stephen Phelps Cortright USAF (retired) (born March 26, 1941), is an American military officer and attorney from Oklahoma who served as the Adjutant General of Oklahoma under Governor Frank Keating from 1995 to 2003. Concurrent with his service as Adjutant General, Cortright served in Keating's Cabinet as the Oklahoma Secretary of the Military.
General Cortright received his bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University in 1964 and earned his juris doctor from the University of Tulsa in 1973.
General Cortright joined the United States Air Force on February 14, 1964. On May 12, 1964, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and entered undergraduate pilot training at Webb Air Force Base in Texas. He is a command pilot with over 5000 hours of military flying time in the T-33, T-37, T-38, RF-4C, F100, A-7, and F-16 aircraft. He flew 217 combat missions while serving in Vietnam from September 1966 through July 1967.