David M. Gaedecke is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.

David M. Gaedecke commissioned in the US Air Force at the Air Force Officer Training School after he graduated with a degree in English from James Madison University.

He attended the Undergraduate Weapons Controller Court at Tyndall AFB and became an air battle manager.

In 1999, he moved to the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker AFB, and began flying on the E-3 AWACS.

He attended the Joint Advanced Warfighting School at the National Defense University, and served as the directory of the Combat Operations Division at the 609th Air Operations Center at Al Udeid AB in Qatar.