Lieutenant General Thomas L. Baptiste was Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium. He entered the United States Air Force in 1973. He has held various leadership positions, and has commanded a fighter squadron, operations group and the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, Colo. General Baptiste is a command pilot and has flown nearly 3,000 hours, including nearly 60 combat hours in the F-16 supporting Operation PROVIDE COMFORT.