When retired Gen. John Albert Shaud stepped down as the Air Force Association's executive director in 2002 after seven years, he didn't foresee returning to serve again in AFA's national office. More than a decade later, however, he returned as senior advisor to the association in May 2013. He described his job as acting as "a sounding board" for AFA's senior leaders. Shaud retired from the Air Force in 1991 after 35 years in uniform and more than 5,600 flying hours in 35 different aircraft types, including 251 combat hours in the RF-4C during the Vietnam War. Born on the outskirts of Cleveland in 1933 to parents who were schoolteachers, Shaud grew up with a strong affinity for the military. "As a little boy in elementary school during World War Ⅱ, soldiers were our heroes," he said. Shaud was six years old when the war broke out in Europe. As a youngster, his father took him to see the Cleveland National Air Races where "a lot of very famous airmen raced," he said.
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机译：退休的约翰·阿尔伯特·肖德（John Albert Shaud）将军在任职七年后于2002年卸任空军协会执行董事时，他没想到他会再来空军AFA国家办事处任职。然而，十多年后，他于2013年5月回到该协会，担任高级顾问。他将自己的工作描述为AFA高级领导人的“声音委员会”。肖德（Shaud）身穿35年制服，在35种不同型号的飞机上飞行了5600多个小时，其中包括越南战争期间在RF-4C上的251战斗小时，之后于1991年从空军退役。肖德1933年生于克利夫兰郊区，父母是学校老师，他长大后对军队有着浓厚的感情。他说：“第二次世界大战期间，小时候还是一名小学男孩，士兵是我们的英雄。”欧洲战争爆发时，肖德只有六岁。他说，小时候，他的父亲带他去了克利夫兰国家航空比赛，在那里“很多非常著名的飞行员参加了比赛”。
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