Brian T. Kelly

{{short description|US Air Force Lieutenant general}}

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| allegiance = United States

| branch = United States Air Force

| serviceyears = 1988–2022

| rank = Lieutenant General

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| commands = Air Force Personnel Center
501st Combat Support Wing
31st Mission Support Group
92nd Mission Support Squadron

| battles = Iraq War

| awards = Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (2)
Bronze Star Medal

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| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Opening Statement of Lt Gen Brian T. Kelly at a HASC Subcommittee Hearing on Talent Management.ogg|title=Brian T. Kelly's voice|type=speech|description=Kelly's opening statement at a House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on talent management and reorganization
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Brian Thomas Kelly{{cite book |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/Commencement/1988-05-15_Commencement.pdf |title=1988 Commencement |date=May 13–15, 1988 |page=43 |publisher=The University of Notre Dame du Lac |access-date=February 12, 2021}} is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/484427/brian-t-kelly/ |title=Lieutenant General Brian T. Kelly (USAF) |author= |date=July 2, 2021 |publisher=United States Air Force |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702191951/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/484427/lieutenant-general-brian-t-kelly |archive-date=July 2, 2021 |url-status=live}} {{PD-notice}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2022/02/08/house-section/article/H1073-1|title=Congressional Record House Articles|website=www.congress.gov}} He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services (A1), a position he held from September 2018 to May 2022. Kelly was commissioned through the ROTC program at University of Notre Dame in 1988.

Raised in Piscataway, New Jersey, Kelly earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering. He later received a master's degree in Military Operational Art and Science from the Air Command and Staff College in 2001 and a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University in 2006.