Ricardo Aponte Military person

Brigadier General Ricardo "Rico" Aponte (born c. 1949) is a United States Air Force officer who was the first Hispanic Director, J-7, of the United States Southern Command, located in Miami, Florida.

Personal facts

Ricardo Aponte
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1950
Birth place
Puerto Rico , San Juan Puerto Rico

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Military person

allegianceUnited States of America
award
Legion of Merit
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Commendation Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
military branch
United States Air Force
Air Force Reserve Command
military commandUnited States Southern Command
military unit
48th Fighter Wing
27th Special Operations Wing
523d Fighter Squadron
service start1972
service end2007

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Ricardo Aponte on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/bios/aponte.asp
  2. http://teamcoastguard.org/2006/CSAR06/csar.htm
  3. http://web.archive.org/web/20031019070813/http:/www.afa.org/magazine/dec2002/1202world.pdf
  4. http://www.pimswiki.org/index.php?title=CMAC_2005