Mark C. "Chris" Nowland (born February 6, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general.

In that role, he was responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff for formulating policy supporting air, space, cyber, and irregular warfare, counter proliferation, homeland security and weather operations.

General Nowland followed in his father's career as a 1985 graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

He is also a graduate of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and was a National Security Fellow at the Olin Institute at Harvard University.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARK C. NOWLAND.