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The Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy

Lt Gen Jay B. Silveria is the twentieth Superintendent at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a four-year regimen of military training, academics, athletic and character development programs leading to a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant.

General Silveria grew up in an Air Force family and is a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He completed undergraduate pilot training in 1986, and his subsequent flying assignments include positions as Flight Commander, Chief of Wing Standardization and Evaluation, and Operations Officer. Read More

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The Superintendent's Reading List

Superintendent's Reading List

  1. The Heart and the Fist: The Education of Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy Seal (Eric Greitens, 2012)
  2. All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr, 2014)
  3. Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Singer and Friedman, 2014)
  4. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
    (Walter Isaacson, 2015)
  5. Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
    (L. David Marquet, Capt USN, Ret, 2013)
  6. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2006)
  7. The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh and the Epic Age of Flight
    (Winston Groom, 2015)