Born in Oakland, California in 1939,[1][2] Habiger completed Officer Training School in September 1963 as a distinguished graduate. He has held a variety of staff and flying assignments including survival instructor, intelligence support project officer for major weapons systems, major command combat operations planner, executive officer and two Air Staff assignments. Flying assignments include aircraft commander, instructor pilot, operations officer, squadron commander and wing commander in two bomb wings. He was a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, primarily in bomber aircraft. During the Vietnam War, he flew 150 combat missions and participated in the B-52 Arc Light operations. Habiger died on March 18, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas, aged 82.[3]
September 1971 – August 1974, intelligence support project officer for F-15 and A-10 weapons systems and the Airborne Warning and Control System, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
August 1974 – June 1975, student and distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
September 1977 – January 1980, combat operations planner, later executive officer to the deputy chief of staff, operations and plans, and the deputy director for the Single Integrated Operational Plan, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
January 1980 – July 1981, commander, 325th Bombardment Squadron, later assistant deputy commander for operations, 92nd Bombardment Wing, both at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
July 1981 – June 1982, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
June 1982 – April 1983, chief, strategic offensive forces division, deputy directorate for force development, directorate of plans, deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
April 1983 – October 1983, deputy assistant director for Joint and National Security Council Matters, directorate of plans, deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
October 1983 – August 1984, executive officer to the Air Force vice chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
August 1984 – March 1985, vice commander, 5th Bombardment Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota
March 1985 – January 1986, commander, 379th Bombardment Wing, Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan
January 1986 – January 1987, commander, 2nd Bombardment Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana
January 1987 – January 1988, inspector general, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
January 1988 – September 1991, deputy director, later director, programs and evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs and Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. During this assignment, he was also the chairman of the Program Review Committee and the Air Force Board
August 1991 – April 1995, vice commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
April 1995 – February 1996, deputy chief of staff for personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
February 1996 – 1998, commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
