Graff was stationed at Wright Patterson-Air Force Base, and had taught a class on parapsychology at a local community college. He had also started a small, informal group of remote viewers at the base. (Schnabel, 1997, pg 217)
Graff had continued to task SRI on behalf of the Air Force for the next few years. In 1980, he won a fellowship for "exceptional analyst" within the intelligence community, and planned to spend two years off to conduct research in other laboratories: SRI, a psychokenesis lab at Princeton, a J.B. Rhine affiliated lab in Durham, NC, and a Department of Energy lab where microwave weapons were being studied. His fellowship was revoked by the office of the Air Force Chief of Staff, and with the encouragement of Jack Vorona, he retired from the Air Force and moved to the DIA, where he ran the Advanced Concepts Office. (Schnabel, 1997, pg 227-8, 334) Graff served briefly as the branch chief of the operational unit of Star Gate from around 1982 or 83 until he resigned in summer of 1993. (Schnabel, 1997, pg 381)