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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[General (United States)|General]]
| name          = John P. Jumper
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| caption       = General John P. Jumper
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1945|2|4}}
| birth_place   = [[Paris, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date    = 
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| allegiance    = United States
| branch        = [[United States Air Force]]
| serviceyears  = 1966–2005
| rank          = {{dodseal|USO10}} [[General (United States)|General]]
| unit          = 459th Airlift Squadron
| commands      = [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force]]<br/>Headquarters [[Air Combat Command|ACC]]<br/>[[Allied Air Forces Central Europe]]<br/>[[U.S. Air Forces in Europe]]<br/>[[U.S. Central Command Air Forces]]<br/>[[Ninth Air Force]]<br/>[[57th Fighter Weapons Wing]]<br/>[[33rd Tactical Fighter Wing]]<br/>[[430th Tactical Fighter Squadron]]
| battles       = [[Vietnam War]]<br/>[[War in Afghanistan]]
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[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] (3)<br/>[[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] (3)<br/>[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (2)<br/>[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (3)<br/>[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] (3)<br/>[[Air Medal]] (18)<br/>[[Legion of Honor]]
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| alma_mater    = [[Virginia Military Institute]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) <br/> [[Golden Gate University]] (MA)
| spouse        = Ellen McGhee (m. 1969)
| children      = 3
| relations     = [[Jimmy J. Jumper]] (father)
| laterwork     = [[CEO]] of [[Leidos]] (2012-2014)
}}
'''John Phillip Jumper'''<ref name="Senate bio">{{cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107shrg75903/pdf/CHRG-107shrg75903.pdf |title=Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate |chapter=Biographical and Financial Information Requested of Nominees |date=2002 |pages=1373–1376 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=9780160692970 |access-date=2021-03-30}}</ref> (born February 4, 1945) is a retired [[United States Air Force]] (USAF) [[General (United States)|general]], who served as 17th [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|chief of staff of the United States Air Force]] from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005.  He retired from the USAF on  November 1, 2005. Jumper was succeeded as chief of staff by General [[T. Michael Moseley]]. 

He is the son of [[Major general (United States)|major-general]] [[Jimmy J. Jumper]], USAF. During his career he served as a [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|command pilot]] with more than 5,000 [[Flight time|flying hours]]. He later served as the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Leidos]] from 2012 to 2014.

==Early life ==
[[File:Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. Jumper flies an F-22 Raptor.jpg|thumb|Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. Jumper flies an [[Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]].]][[File:Leidos Day One Party - John P. Jumper - 1.JPG|thumb|Jumper speaking as a CEO of [[Leidos]], September 2013]]



John Jumper was born on February 4, 1945 in [[Paris, Texas|Paris]], [[Texas]]. Jumper has stated that his father [[General officer|general]] [[Jimmy J. Jumper|Jimmy Jefferson Jumper]] enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in [[World War II]] "probably for a way to get out of Paris, Texas", became a [[Aircraft pilot|pilot]], and retired as a [[two star general]]. 

While his father served in the [[occupation of Japan]] after [[World War II]], John and his mother once traveled aboard a [[liberty ship]] to join his father there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John P. Jumper - U. S. A. F. - Vietnam - Oral History Project |url=http://ohp.rwnaf.org/tpl/index3.php?view=profile&client=5060&step=Null |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=ohp.rwnaf.org}}</ref> John Jumper's grandfather, Delbert Lee Jumper was a [[cotton]] farmer from Paris, Texas and served in the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] during [[World War I]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jumper |first=Delbert Lee |date=November 11, 1957 |title=United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTV-MFHV |website=familysearch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John P. Jumper - U. S. A. F. - Vietnam - Oral History Project |url=http://ohp.rwnaf.org/tpl/index3.php?view=profile&client=5060&step=Null |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=ohp.rwnaf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Drummond |first=Caleb |date=1940 |title=1940 Census |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2X-5MW |website=Familysearch.org}}</ref> Delbert's brother Samuel Augusta Jumper was also a [[veteran]] having served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jumper |first=Samuel |date=September 1955 |title=United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/SJ7L-RR9?context |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=Familysearch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barn |first=J.M. |date=May 2, 1910 |title=United States 1910 Census |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY1-SSZS?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM2S6-6MJ&action=view |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=Familysearch}}</ref> Samuel Jumper was the grandfather of Stephen Franklin Jumper, a U.S. Army soldier who was a [[Purple Heart|purple heart]] recipient [[killed in action]] and whose name is on the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial|Vietnam Veteran's Memorial]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE WALL OF FACES |url=https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/27015/STEPHEN-F-JUMPER/page/2/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PFC Stephen Franklin Jumper, Dallas, TX on www.VirtualWall.org The Virtual Wall® Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall |url=https://www.virtualwall.org/dj/JumperSF01a.htm |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.virtualwall.org}}</ref>    

John went on to earn his commission as a distinguished graduate of [[Virginia Military Institute]]'s [[Air Force ROTC]] program in 1966. He has commanded a fighter squadron, two fighter wings, a [[Numbered Air Force]], [[U.S. Air Forces in Europe]] and [[Allied Air Forces Central Europe]].


== Education ==

* 1962 [[Hampton High School (Hampton, Virginia)]]
* 1966 [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[electrical engineering]], [[Virginia Military Institute]], Lexington
* 1975 Squadron Officer School, [[Maxwell Air Force Base|Maxwell AFB]], [[Alabama]]
* 1978 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
* 1979 [[Master of Business Administration]] degree, [[Golden Gate University]], [[San Francisco, California]]
* 1982 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, [[Washington, D.C.]]

==Career==

By October 1967 he was serving in combat operations in [[Vietnam]]. He was assigned to the [[459th Airlift Squadron|459th Tactical Airlift Squadron]] at [[Phù Cát Air Base|Phu Cat Air Base]] and was part of the unit based in [[Da Nang]]. In January 1968 during the [[Tet Offensive]] he flew missions into [[Khe Sanh]] six days a week. He flew in supplies of [[whole blood]] and would fly off before being spotted by the [[People's Army of Vietnam|North Vietnamese Army]]. He also transported supplies to [[special forces]] units sometimes up to "six or seven hours" a day in twenty minutes stints. He later served in [[England]] from 1970 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John P. Jumper - U. S. A. F. - Vietnam - Oral History Project |url=https://ohp.rwnaf.org/tpl/index3.php?view=profile&client=5060&step=null |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241201010139/http://ohp.rwnaf.org/tpl/index3.php?view=profile&client=5060&step=Null |archive-date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ohp.rwnaf.org}}</ref>

Prior to becoming Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the general served as commander of [[Air Combat Command]] at [[Langley Air Force Base]]. Jumper has also served at [[the Pentagon]] as deputy chief of staff for air and space operations, as the senior military assistant to two secretaries of defense, and as special assistant to the chief of staff for roles and missions. A command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, principally in fighter aircraft, Jumper served two tours in Southeast Asia, accumulating more than 1,400 combat hours. Jumper later retired from the Air Force on November 1, 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |title=GENERAL JOHN P. JUMPER |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104697/general-john-p-jumper/#:~:text=General%20Jumper%20was%20born%20in,Allied%20Air%20Forces%20Central%20Europe. |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241229182659/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104697/general-john-p-jumper/ |archive-date=2024-12-29 |access-date=2025-01-02 |work=Air Force |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_011218-D-9880W-103.jpg|thumb|Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. Jumper and [[United States Secretary of the Air Force|Secretary of the Air Force]] [[James G. Roche|James Roche]] during a briefing at The Pentagon.

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During the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 terrorist attacks]] he was stationed at the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] having sworn in as [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Air Force Chief of Staff]] just five days earlier. By 9:33 am [[air traffic control]] warned that a third high jacked airplane was flying off course. Jumper stated in an interview “We knew instantly we were the likely target.” By 9:37 am the plane struck the opposite side of the building and Jumper stated  “[[James G. Roche|James Roche]] was standing at his desk on the telephone looking out his window. I grabbed him by the collar, and as I pulled him into the hallway, the whole building rattled.” Jumper and his staff retreated to the basement command center of the Pentagon to help ensure continuity of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. Government]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A general's story and reflections on 9/11 {{!}} Leidos |url=https://www.leidos.com/insights/generals-story-and-reflections-911 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.leidos.com |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2007 Jumper joined board of directors of [[Leidos|Science Applications International Corporation]], a federal contractor company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.saic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c%3D193857%26p%3Dirol-govboard |title=SAI Investor Relations - Board of Directors |accessdate=2012-02-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612165916/http://investors.saic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=193857&p=irol-govboard |archivedate=2013-06-12 }}</ref> On March 1, 2012 Jumper became [[Leidos|SAIC]]'s [[Chief executive officer|CEO]]<ref>{{Cite press release | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saic-announces-ceo-succession-139806803.html | title=SAIC Announces CEO Succession}}</ref> and was essential in splitting the company into two. After the split Jumper remained the CEO of the company which changed its name to [[Leidos]].<ref name="Aitoro1">{{cite news |last=Aitoro |first=Jill R. |title=What to expect from Leidos and SAIC when they start trading Sept. 30 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2013/09/what-to-expect-from-leidos-and-saic.html |accessdate=29 September 2013 |newspaper=[[Washington Business Journal]] |date=27 September 2013}}</ref> Jumper retired as CEO in July 2014, when [[Roger Krone]] succeeded him as the company's new CEO, but Jumper stayed on as chairman of the company's board of directors.<ref name="WashPostCEO">{{cite news|last=Jayakumar|first=Amrita|title=Leidos taps Boeing executive as new CEO|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/leidos-taps-boeing-executive-as-new-ceo/2014/07/01/1ae49932-0130-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html|accessdate=1 July 2014|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=1 July 2014}}</ref> 

==Personal life==

Jumper's wife is named Ellen McGhee and they have three daughters Melissa, Catherine, and Janet, all of whom have served in the Air Force.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-26 |title=U.S. Air Force: A family business |url=https://www.sheppard.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/367986/us-air-force-a-family-business/https://www.sheppard.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/367986/us-air-force-a-family-business/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Sheppard Air Force Base |language=en-US }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Conversations with General John Jumper |url=https://connect.williamsburgchamber.com/events/Details/commonwealth-conversations-with-general-john-jumper-1158950?sourceTypeId=Hub |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=GZ Module Pages |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John P. Jumper - U. S. A. F. - Vietnam - Oral History Project |url=https://ohp.rwnaf.org/tpl/index3.php?view=profile&client=5060&step=null |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241201010139/http://ohp.rwnaf.org/tpl/index3.php?view=profile&client=5060&step=Null |archive-date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ohp.rwnaf.org}}</ref> 

On November 6, 2022 his daughter Catherine was promoted to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] and Commander of the [[Virginia Air National Guard|Virginia National Guard Air Component]]. John Jumper served as the presiding official over the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jumper promoted to brigadier general, takes command of VaANG |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/434202/jumper-promoted-brigadier-general-takes-command-vaang |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>

Jumper has five grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Conversations with General John Jumper |url=https://connect.williamsburgchamber.com/events/Details/commonwealth-conversations-with-general-john-jumper-1158950?sourceTypeId=Hub |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=GZ Module Pages |language=en-US}}</ref>

Jumper appeared as himself in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Lost City (Stargate SG-1)|Lost City: Part 2]]" (S07E22).<ref>{{cite web |title=IMDB Cast listing for episode "The Lost City: Part 2" |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0709118/ |website=[[IMDb]] |quote=lists John P. Jumper playing himself}}</ref>

==Assignments==
#June 1966&nbsp;– July 1967, student pilot, 3550th Pilot Training Squadron, [[Moody Air Force Base]], Georgia
#July 1967&nbsp;– September 1967, [[de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou#Variants|C-7]] upgrade training, [[Sewart Air Force Base|Sewart AFB]], Tennessee
#October 1967&nbsp;– October 1968, C-7 pilot, [[459th Airlift Squadron|459th Tactical Airlift Squadron]], [[Phu Cat Air Base]], [[South Vietnam]]
#November 1968&nbsp;– July 1969, F-4 upgrade training, 431st Tactical Fighter Squadron, [[George AFB]], California
#July 1969&nbsp;– May 1970, instructor pilot, weapons officer and [[Forward air control|fast forward air controller]], [[555th Fighter Squadron|555th Tactical Fighter Squadron]], [[Udon Thani International Airport|Udon Royal Thai AFB]], Thailand
#June 1970&nbsp;– July 1974, instructor pilot, flight examiner and standardization and evaluation chief, [[81st Training Wing#United States Air Forces in Europe|81st Tactical Fighter Wing]], [[Royal Air Force Bentwaters]], England
#July 1974&nbsp;– August 1977, flight instructor, later, flight commander, U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, [[Nellis Air Force Base]], Nevada
#August 1977&nbsp;– June 1978, student, Air Command and Staff College, [[Maxwell Air Force Base]], Alabama
#June 1978&nbsp;– August 1981, staff officer for operations and readiness, Tactical Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
#August 1981&nbsp;– July 1982, student, [[National War College]], [[Fort Lesley J. McNair]], Washington, D.C.
#July 1982&nbsp;– February 1983, chief of safety, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, Nellis AFB, Nevada
#March 1983&nbsp;– July 1983, commander, 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada
#July 1983&nbsp;– August 1986, special assistant and executive officer to the commander, headquarters Tactical Air Command, [[Langley AFB]], Virginia
#August 1986&nbsp;– February 1988, vice commander, later, commander, 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, [[Eglin Air Force Base]], Florida
#February 1988&nbsp;– May 1990, commander, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis AFB, Nevada
#June 1990&nbsp;– April 1992, deputy director for politico-military affairs, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
#May 1992&nbsp;– February 1994, senior military assistant to the secretary of defense, Washington, D.C.
#February 1994&nbsp;– July 1994, special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff for roles and missions, Washington, D.C.
#August 1994&nbsp;– June 1996, commander, 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces, [[Shaw Air Force Base]], South Carolina
#June 1996&nbsp;– November 1997, deputy chief of staff for air and space operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
#December 1997&nbsp;– February 2000, commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, [[Ramstein Air Base|Ramstein AB]], Germany
#February 2000&nbsp;– September 2001, commander, Headquarters ACC, [[Langley Air Force Base]], Virginia
#September 2001&nbsp;– September 2005, chief of staff, headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

==Flight information==
*Rating: Command pilot
*Flight hours: More than 5,000
*Aircraft flown: [[C-7 Caribou|C-7]], [[C-17 Globemaster III|C-17]], [[C-20 Gulfstream III|C-20]], [[C-37 Gulfstream V|C-37]], [[Cessna T-37|T-37]], [[T-38 Talon|T-38]], [[F-4 Phantom II|F-4]], [[F-15 Eagle|F-15]], [[F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]], [[F-22 Raptor|F-22A]] and [[Eurofighter Typhoon]].

== Honors ==
The General John P. Jumper Awards for Excellence in Warfighting Integration is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAF A6 GENERAL JUMPER & INFORMATION DOMINANCE AWARD GUIDANCE |url=https://www.coursehero.com/file/210030573/General-Jumper-and-AF-Information-Dominance-Awards-Guidance-CAO-12-July-2023-Copydocx/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=www.coursehero.com}}</ref>

He is in the Virginia Military Institute Air Force ROTC Hall of Fame<ref>{{Cite web |title=VMI AF Hall of Fame - VMI |url=https://www.vmi.edu/rotc/air-force-rotc/vmi-af-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=www.vmi.edu |language=en-US}}</ref>

On May 18, 2024 [[Nellis Air Force Base]] dedicated its new headquarters building in honor of Jumper. It was named the General John P. Jumper Headquarters Complex. During the ceremony retired Air Force General Lori Robinson stated "Today we are honoring a leader, warrior, mentor and visionary — someone who represents the heart and soul of our Air Force".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nellis dedicates headquarters building to retired Gen. John P. Jumper |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/472356/nellis-dedicates-headquarters-building-retired-gen-john-p-jumper |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and decorations ==
{|
|[[File:COMMAND PILOT WINGS.png|150px]]
|Command [[United States Aviator Badge|Air Force Pilot Badge]]
|-
|[[File:Joint Chiefs of Staff seal.svg|100px]]
|[[Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge]]
|-
|[[File:Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge.png|100px]]
|[[Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge]]
|}
{|
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Defense Distinguished Service ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] with two bronze [[oak leaf cluster]]s<ref name="valor">{{cite web|title=John P. Jumper|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/47997|work=Hall of Valor|publisher=Military Times|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Air Force Distinguished Service ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] with two oak leaf clusters<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Navy Distinguished Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Coast Guard Distinguished Service ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Defense Superior Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Legion of Merit ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Legion of Merit]] with bronze oak leaf cluster<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] with two bronze oak leaf clusters<ref name="valor"/>
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Meritorious Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Meritorious Service Medal (United States)|Meritorious Service Medal]] with two bronze oak leaf clusters
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=16|type=oak|name=Air Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Medal]] with three silver and one bronze oak leaf cluster
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Air Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Air Medal]] (18th consecutive award of this medal; denotes second ribbon for accouterment spacing)
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=AF Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation (Air Force)]] with bronze oak leaf cluster
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=United States Navy Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)#Navy and Marine Corps|Presidential Unit Citation (Navy)]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Joint Meritorious Unit Award-3d|width=60}}
|[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|other_device=v|name=Outstanding Unit ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Outstanding Unit Award|Air Force Outstanding Unit Award]] with [[Valor device]] and two bronze oak leaf clusters
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Organizational Excellence ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Organizational Excellence Award|Air Force Organizational Excellence Award]] with oak leaf cluster
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Combat Readiness Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Combat Readiness Medal]] with two bronze oak leaf clusters
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|name=National Defense Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[National Defense Service Medal]] with two bronze [[service star]]s
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|name=Vietnam Service Medal ribbon, 5th award|width=60}}
|[[Vietnam Service Medal]] with silver service star
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|name=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991–2016), 1st award|width=60}}
|[[Southwest Asia Service Medal]] with bronze service star
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Global War on Terrorism Service Medal ribbon|width=60}}
|[[Global War on Terrorism Service Medal]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Overseas Service Ribbon#Air Force|Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon]] with bronze oak leaf cluster
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=U.S. Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Overseas Service Ribbon#Air Force|Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon]] with bronze oak leaf cluster
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=8|type=oak|ribbon=Air Force Longevity Service ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Air Force Longevity Service Award]] with silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=USAF Marksmanship ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Marksmanship Ribbon|Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Air and Space Training Ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|[[Air Force Training Ribbon]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg|width=60}}
|French [[Legion of Honour]], Commandeur Medal
|-
|[[File:Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) ribbon.png|60px]]
|[[Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)|Military Meritorious Service Medal, Singapore]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Vietnam_gallantry_cross_unit_award-3d.svg#mw-jump-to-license|width=60}}
|[[Gallantry Cross (Vietnam)#Unit Award|Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Award]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=SICOFAA Legion of Merit.jpg|width=60}}
|[[SICOFAA Legion of Merit Medal|SICOFAA Legion of Merit, Officer]]
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Vietnam Campaign Medal ribbon with 60- clasp.svg|width=60}}
|[[Vietnam Campaign Medal]]
|}
*2000 [[Order of the Sword (U.S.)|Air Force Order of the Sword]], [[U.S. Air Forces in Europe]] ([https://www.usafe.af.mil/news/news00/uns00117 USAFE press release])

==Effective dates of promotion==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Promotions
! Insignia !! Rank !! Date
|-
||[[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|68px]]||[[General (United States)|General]]||November 17, 1997
|-
||[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|54px]]||[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]&nbsp;||September 1, 1994
|-
||[[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|36px]]||[[Major general (United States)|Major General]]||February 1, 1992
|-
||[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|20px]]||[[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]||August 1, 1989
|-
||[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|25px]]||[[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]||October 1, 1985
|-
||[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|20px]]||[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]||October 1, 1980
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||[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|20px]]||[[Major (United States)|Major]]||January 1, 1978
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||[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|15px]]||[[Captain (United States)|Captain]]||June 12, 1969
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||[[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|6px]]||[[First Lieutenant (United States)|First Lieutenant]]||December 12, 1967
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||[[File:US-OF1B.svg|6px]]||[[Second lieutenant#United States|Second Lieutenant]]||June 12, 1966
|}

==Tanker Lease Scandal==
On June 7, 2005 General Jumper apologized to [[John McCain|Senator McCain]] for internal Air Force emails about the Senator in the context of the tanker lease scandal, calling them "unprofessional and not worthy of a great Air Force."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/business/08tanker.html Report Faults Air Force on Proposed Boeing Deal]</ref>

==Thunderbirds "Thundervision" Scandal==
Members of the [[United States Air Force]] were under investigation by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] for having awarded a $50 million contract for audio-visual presentation services to Strategic Message Solutions of Plymouth Meeting, Pa.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/19/national/w141413D78.DTL | work=The San Francisco Chronicle| title=FBI Investigating $50M Air Force Contract}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052006G.shtml |title=FBI Investigating $50 Million Air Force Contract |accessdate=2006-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109133648/http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052006G.shtml |archivedate=2006-11-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/mrs_panstreppon/2006/jun/15/while_the_troops_are_getting_their_heads_blown_off_in_iraq |title=While troops get their heads blown off in Iraq... &#124; TPMCafe |accessdate=2006-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702155013/http://tpmcafe.com/blog/mrs_panstreppon/2006/jun/15/while_the_troops_are_getting_their_heads_blown_off_in_iraq |archivedate=2006-07-02 }}</ref> The contract involved the "Thundervision" project, meant to provide oversized video screens and perhaps content services during air shows that featured the Air Force Thunderbirds.  The investigation revolves around possible involvement of Jumper, and then Chief of Staff of the Air Force [[T. Michael Moseley]]. 

It was suggested that the contract price was inflated, because a friend of the two generals, Air Force General (ret.) [[Hal Hornburg]], was associated with Strategic Message Solutions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5858 |title=Biographies : GENERAL HAL M. HORNBURG |accessdate=2007-05-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070511091543/http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5858 |archivedate=May 11, 2007 }}</ref>  Two companies involved in the bidding process protested award of the contract, one having offered comparable services for half as much.  The Air Force later cancelled the contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/pressreleases/release.asp?storyID%3D123016466 |title=Air Force terminates contract |accessdate=2006-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109075047/http://www.af.mil/pressreleases/release.asp?storyID=123016466 |archivedate=2006-11-09 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of commanders of USAFE]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104697/general-john-p-jumper/ Biography of General Jumper], ''USAF'', September 2005.
*{{C-SPAN|60263}}
*[http://www.military-aerospace-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=327 Interview with General Jumper: Air Force Transformation], ''Military Aerospace Technology'', May 1, 2002.
*[http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/airforce.asp First-year cadet criticizes USAF Chief of Staff's personnel decisions], ''Snopes'', March 26, 2003.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214145456/http://www.afa.org/media/scripts/jumper2k3_conv.asp Speech at the ''Air Force Association'' convention], September 16, 2003.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051225125913/http://www.afa.org/media/scripts/Jumper_04aws.asp Speech at the ''Air Force Association'' symposium], February 12, 2004.

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