From warehouseman to Maj. General, longest serving USAF officer prepares to retire Posted on November 22, 2011 by alert5 Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers is the longest serving Airman and currently the longest serving U.S. Air Force officer. Flowers is set to retire from the Air Force on Jan. 1, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi Related posts (Automatically Generated): Two extra RAF Tornados for Afghanistan RAF to boost reconnaissance capabilities over Libya RAF Tornado GR4s launched Brimstone attacks on Libyan tanks RAF launched Tornados from Britain against targets in Libya Entire RAF Tornado fleet could face early retirement USAF to retire T-43