Michael E. Fortney is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.
After serving at United States Strategic Command from 1999 to 2001, he returned to Vandenberg Air Force Base.
In 2005, he returned to Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and assumed command of the 90th Operations Group.
The following year, he assumed command of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base.
After serving again for a time at United States Strategic Command, he assumed his current position in 2011.