Lt Gen Norman Seip is a Senior Fellow with the Flatter Executive Cadre.
Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force.
Summary: Lt. Gen. Norman R. Seip is Commander, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Twelfth Air Force comprises seven active-duty wings and two direct-reporting units in the western and midwestern United States. The fighter and bomber wings possess 400 aircraft and more than 33,000 active-duty military and civilian personnel. The two direct-reporting units, the 3rd Combat Communications Group and the 820th Red Horse Squadron, comprise more than 1,000 personnel. He is also responsible for the operational readiness of 12th Air Force-gained wings of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, including an additional 18,800 personnel and more than 200 aircraft. As the Commander, Air Forces Southern, a component to the Combatant Commander, U.S. Southern Command, he oversees Air Force assets, five forward-operating locations, and civil and military engagements in Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. General Seip entered the Air Force after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974. He has commanded two squadrons, an operations group and a wing. The general was an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy serving with VF-41 on board the USS Nimitz. He has also served in key positions during tours with Air Combat Command, the Air Staff and Joint Staff.
