George Wikoff

George M. Wikoff (born 1968) is a United States Navy rear admiral who served as the vice director of the Joint Staff from 2021 to 2023. He previously served as the special assistant to the deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans, and Strategy of the U.S. Navy.

In January 2023, Wikoff was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as commander of the United States Naval Forces Central Command, United States Fifth Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces. He will, in an acting capacity, assume command of Naval Air Forces on September 7, 2023.

Topgun instructor (Lieutenant) at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), 1998.

On 6 July 1998, Wikoff was pilot of F-14 Tomcat BuNo 160408 for a 1-V-1 training mission at Fallon Range Training Complex. A mis-rigged throttle, when retarded to idle, caused a compressor stall of one engine and the aircraft entered a spin. The crew, Wickoff and RIO Art "Kato" Delacruz, both instructors at NSAWC, successfully ejected.