Lt. Gen. David A. Harris is the Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures, Headquarters, United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. As the HAF A5/7, Lt. Gen. Harris is the senior Air Force leader responsible for Strategy, Integration, and Requirements. HAF A5/7 focuses on developing Air Force strategy and concepts, delivering an integrated force design, conducting strategic assessments of the operating environment through wargames and workshops, and achieving timely and effective operational capabilities required for tomorrow’s Airmen to fight and win.

Lt. Gen. Harris received his commission from the University of Alabama in 1993. He is a master navigator and basic parachutist with 2,500 flying hours, having flown in support of operations Deliberate Force, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, and Inherent Resolve. Lt. Gen. Harris has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing level. He has served as the Vice Superintendent at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Deputy Director of Operations for Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and the Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Requirements for Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Prior to his current position, Lt. Gen. Harris was the Deputy Commander, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), and Deputy, Combined Forces Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia.