Lieutenant General S. Clinton Hinote, USAF

U.S. Air Force
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration and Requirements
UPCOMING EVENT
JADC2 & All Domain Warfare Symposium
Bio

Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. In this position, General Hinote is responsible for developing the Air Force strategy and multi-domain operating concepts, integrating through centralized design, and validating (and prioritizing) operational capabilities-based requirements to achieve national defense objectives and deliver timely & effective capability to the warfighter.

General Hinote was commissioned in 1992 upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy. After completing a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, he accomplished pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss., and F-16 training at Luke AFB, Ariz. His operational assignments include instructor duty at the USAF Weapons School, leader of the Air Forces Central Strategy Division, Squadron Commander, Wing Vice Commander and Wing Commander. General Hinote is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Air Command and Staff College, and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.

In his previous assignment, General Hinote was the Deputy Director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. In this position, General Hinote lead advanced efforts for design, integration and capability development across the Total Force for multi-domain concepts.

He is a command pilot with more than 2,000 flight hours and 240 combat hours in operations Northern and Southern Watch.