McKinley Departures McKinley to exit defense association Craig McKinley will retire as president and CEO of the $27M-revenue National Defense Industrial Association at the end of year. McKinley is a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general and former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Before joining the Arlington, Va.-based NDIA in 2015, he was CEO of the Air Force Association. "After 42 years in the Air Force and leading associations that serve as conduits for collaboration between government and industry, the time is right to transfer leadership of NDIA to a new generation and shift my focus to a series of personal and philanthropic endeavors," McKinley said in a… Read More