Darren Wayne McDew (born September 29, 1960) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the Commander of United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. His previous senior command positions include Commander of Air Mobility Command as a general and Commander, Eighteenth Air Force (18AF) as a lieutenant general. In March, 2019, soon after General McDew's retirement, United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao named him as Co-Chair of the Special Committee to Review the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Certification Process. According to a letter from Secretary Chao, the Special Committee is "specifically tasked to review the 737 MAX 800 certification process from 2012 to 2017." McDew is a Command Pilot with over 3,300 hours of flight time. He has flown the T-37B, T-38A, KC-135A/R, C-17A, C-141B, C-9, C-21, C-130E/H, and UH-1N. His personal decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit, among others. McDew married in 1983 to the former Evelyn K. Massenburg. They have a daughter, Keisha, and a son, Keith, an officer in the United States Coast Guard. Assignments McDew was born in Rantoul, Illinois in 1960. Upon graduation from Virginia Military Institute in 1982 as the first African American Regimental Commander with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, McDew was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force and, following flight training, began his operational flying career at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. His staff assignments include serving as a member of the Air Force Chief of Staff Operations Group, Air Force aide to the President, chief of the Air Force Senate Liaison Division and the director of Air Force Public Affairs. McDew served as vice director for Strategic Plans and Policy for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as the commander of Eighteenth Air Force at Scott Air Force Base, and commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels as well as at an Air Force direct reporting unit. He deployed in support of ongoing operations in Central and Southwest Asia as an air expeditionary group commander and later as the director of mobility forces. Prior to his final assignment, McDew was the commander of Air Mobility Command. In the course of his career McDew completed the following assignments: October 1982 – October 1983, Student,