Major General Frank J. Padilla and his wife, Vicky, are pictured here along with their dog, Chandler. General Padilla is the Commander, Headquarters, 10th Air Force, located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. Gen Padilla is most noted for leading the effort of establishing Balad Air Base, Iraq and developing the new Iraq Air Force. He is also credited with driving the establishment of the Afghan National Army Air Corps. As the Commander of 10th Air Force, General Padilla is responsible for all the fighter, bomber, space, special operations, rescue, remotely piloted aircraft, and undergraduate pilot training for the Air Force Reserve Command. More than 13,000 personnel are assigned to 10th Air Force at units located throughout the United States. General Padilla and Vicky are the parents of two grown children, daughter Katy Padilla, an Air Force C-5 pilot stationed at Travis AFB, Calif., and son Frank N. Padilla, who also makes his home in California. In the general’s civilian career, he is a Captain with American Airlines.
