The mission of the Association of Graduates (AOG) Class Advisory Senate (CAS) is to serve graduates of the United States Air Force Academy by providing a conduit for expanded two-way communications with the AOG Board.
CAS President
John Cinnamon ’91, Term 2025-2027Col. John "Toast" Cinnamon '91 graduated from USAFA with a Bachelor of Science in engineering sciences (space systems design). He went on to earn a master’s degree in aerospace engineering (space systems design and control) from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992.
Col. Cinnamon’s distinguished military career included commanding the C-5 Galaxy; teaching astronautical engineering and introductory flight training in the T-3 at the Air Force Academy; serving as a T-38 instructor and evaluator pilot for the U-2 program; and earning a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering (hypervelocity/hypersonics) from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
He also served as operations officer and later commander of a T-1 squadron, attended the Joint Advanced Warfighting School — where he earned a master’s degree in joint campaign planning and strategy — and served as director of plans at the U.S. Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction/Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Col. Cinnamon retired as a command pilot with more than 4,800 flight hours in the T-1, T-3, T-37, T-38, T-41, T-53, and C-5 aircraft. He is currently a senior technology portfolio manager for a federally funded research and development center and an instructor pilot on the Boeing 737 for a major U.S. airline.
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