Craig A. Franklin

Lieutenant General Craig A. Franklin is a United States Air Force general officer. He is currently the commander of 3rd Air Force. A 1981 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Franklin has served in flying assignments, instructor pilot assignments, as well as multiple staff assignments. Franklin has commanded a test and evaluation group and three wings, including the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing based at Balad Air Base, Iraq.

Franklin has submitted his retirement to be effective 31 January 2014. This is as a direct result of Franklin's dismissal of a sexual assault case in February 2013 after the officer in question had been found guilty at a court martial in November 2012. In a statement Franklin said, "he was retiring 'for the good of this command and the Air Force' because of persistent doubts about his impartiality in overseeing sex-abuse investigations."