Former Falcon standout Richard Clark promoted to Lieutenant General
7/11/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
Maj. Gen. Richard M. Clark has been nominated for the rank of lieutenant general in the Air Force. Clark will become the commander, Third Air Force, U.S. Air Force's in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Clark is currently serving as commander of the Eighth Air Force (Air Force Strategic), Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana and joint functional component commander for Global Strike at the U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
Clark is a 1986 graduate of the Academy where he was a four-year football letterman. Clark helped the 1985 team to a school-record 12-1 record and its first conference championship. The Falcons went on to defeat Texas, 24-16, in the 1985 Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas. Clark had 30 total tackles and six tackles for loss as a linebacker that season. Clark returned to the Academy as the Commandant of Cadets during his military career.
