Marc H. Sasseville

(1963-)

United States general

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Marc H. Sasseville (born March 23, 1963) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who currently serves as the 12th vice chief of the National Guard Bureau. He previously served as the commander of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and concurrently serves as commander of the First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) from June 2019 to August 2020. Sasseville periously served as commander of the 113th Wing, District of Columbia Air National Guard at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland and was the first Hispanic American to hold the position. On September 11, 2001, Sasseville was the acting operations group commander under the 113th Wing of the D.C. Air National Guard. He was one of four pilots given the mission of finding United Flight 93 and destroying it, even if it meant ramming the plane. The tactic would be similar to the suicide military tactics known as Sonderkommando Elbe missions used by the military aviators from Nazi Germany in World War II. He served as the Senior Defense Official/Defense Attache, Turkey, United States European Command, Ankara, Turkey. He assumed his current assignment in August 2020.