Directors of Armed Forces Security Agency (NSA's predecessor)
Beginning Date |
Name |
|---|---|
| 15 July 1949 | RADM Earl E. Stone, USN |
| 15 July 1951 | MG Ralph J. Canine, USA |
Directors of The National Security Agency
Beginning Date |
Name |
|---|---|
| November 1952 | MG Ralph J. Canine, USA |
| November 1956 | Lt Gen John A. Samford, USAF |
| November 1960 | VADM Laurence H. Frost, USN |
| January 1962 | Lt Gen Gordon A. Blake, USAF |
| June 1965 | LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA |
| August 1969 | VADM Noel Gayler, USN |
| August 1972 | Lt Gen Samuel C. Phillips, USAF |
| August 1973 | Lt Gen Lew Allen, Jr., USAF |
| July 1977 | VADM Bobby Ray Inman, USN |
| April 1981 | Lt Gen Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF |
| May 1985 | LTG William E. Odom, USA |
| August 1988 | VADM William O. Studeman, USN |
| May 1992 | VADM J. Michael McConnell, USN |
| February 1996 | Lt Gen Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF |
| March 1999 | Lt Gen Michael V. Hayden, USAF |