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Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David A. Flosi says he is retiring. In a service-wide email on October 13, 2025, he told airmen he would leave active duty to take care of his family after the unexpected death of his wife, Katy, on September 20. Task & Purpose verified the email and reported that he did not include a retirement date, only his intent to depart.
The entire AFA family extends its deepest sympathies to Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi and his family at the tragic loss of Katy Flosi, beloved wife and mother. May peace and healing be yours now and forever. May her memory be a blessing. pic.twitter.com/bpwyKpb8Od
— Air & Space Forces Association (@AFA_Air_Space) September 25, 2025
How Flosi Got Here
Flosi enlisted in 1996 as a nuclear weapons specialist, the kind of job where a checklist is a survival kit and mistakes are not an option. He rose through the munitions and maintenance world, served in deployments that spanned Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Inherent Resolve, and Freedom’s Sentinel, and earned a master’s degree in logistics and supply chain management from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Before the Pentagon, he served as command chief at the Air Force Sustainment Center, then at Air Force Materiel Command, which made him a natural pick when leaders went hunting for a seasoned senior enlisted advisor.
On March 8, 2024, Flosi became the 20th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force at a change-of-responsibility ceremony at Joint Base Andrews.
What the CMSAF Does
The CMSAF is the senior enlisted leader for the United States Air Force and the primary enlisted adviser to the Chief of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force. The job is part advocate, part traffic cop, and part translator between policy and the flight line. It includes shaping enlisted development, quality of life, and manpower policy, and representing the enlisted force to Congress, the public, and the rest of the Pentagon ecosystem.
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