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General James P. McCarthy (USAF, Retired) is the ARDI Professor of National Security at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Additionally, he is the Director of the Institute for Information Technology Applications (IITA) at the Academy.
General McCarthy had a distinguished 35-year military career, which includes combat, administrative and management assignments in the United States and abroad. He was Deputy Commander in Chief of the U.S. European Command; Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources at U.S. Air Force headquarters; and commander of the 8th Air Force. General McCarthy chairs the Task Forces on Lessons Learned for Enduring Freedom, and for operations in Kosovo (1999) and Bosnia (1995-1996).
He also chaired the study on transformation of the military for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. General McCarthy is a member of the Defense Science Board and formally served on the Defense Policy Board and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. | 