February 2015 – August 2017, Vice Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a major general FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: command pilot Flight Hours: 4,200 Aircraft Flown: C-
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U S Air Force Academy Class of 1988 30th Reunion
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Lt Gen Jacqueline D Van Ovost is the Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia In this role, she synchronizes and integrates policy, plans, positions, procedures and cross functional issues for the headquarters staff
Prior to assuming her current position, General Van Ovost was the Vice Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia In this role, she assisted the Director of the Joint Staff and provided oversight to Joint Staff support activities, including administration and action management, budget, support services and security
General Van Ovost has commanded an air refueling squadron, flying training wing, and the Presidential Airlift Wing She also served as the Director of Mobility Forces, U.S Central Command, and as the Vice Commander, U.S Air Force Expeditionary
Center
General Van Ovost graduated from the U.S Air Force Academy in 1988 She is a graduate of the U.S Air Force Test Pilot School and a command pilot with more than 4,200 hours in over 30 aircraft including the C–32A, C–17A, C– 141B and KC–135R
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering, U.S Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo
1994 U.S Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif
1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala
1996 Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Fresno
1999 Master of Military Arts and Sciences, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2004 Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2008 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2009 National Security Management Course, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y
2009 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo
2017 Driving Government Performance, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston
ASSIGNMENTS
1 August 1988 - August 1989, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese AFB, Texas
2 August 1989 - June 1993, C-141B Pilot, 17th and 76th Airlift Squadrons, Charleston AFB, S.C
3 June 1993 - June 1994, student, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif
4 June 1994 - October 1997, Experimental Test Pilot, 417/418 Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif
Trang 35 October 1997 - July 1998, Test Pilot Instructor and Chief, Scheduling Branch, U.S Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif
6 July 1998 - June 1999, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
7 June 1999 - June 2001, Chief, C-17 Acquisition Branch and C-17 Program Element Monitor, Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Arlington, Va
8 July 2001 - December 2001, Assistant Director of Operations, 350th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kan
9 January 2002 - July 2003, Commander, 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kan
10 July 2003 - June 2004, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
11 July 2004 - April 2007, Chief, Standards Branch then Chief, Joint Operations Division,
Operations and Plans Directorate, U.S Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill
12 May 2007 - March 2008, Vice Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
13 March 2008 - February 2010, Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas
14 February 2010 – March 2012, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md
15 March 2012- September 2013, Vice Commander, U.S Air Force Expeditionary Center, Travis AFB, Calif
16 September 2013 – February 2015, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Europe, NATO, Russia), Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington,
Va
17 February 2015 – August 2017, Vice Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va
18 August 2017 – November 2017, Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va
19 November 2017 – present, Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon,
Arlington, Va
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1 July 2004 - April 2007, Chief, Joint Operations Division, Operations and Plans Directorate, U.S Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill., as a lieutenant colonel
2 September 2013 – February 2015 Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs (Europe, NATO, Russia), Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a brigadier general
3 February 2015 – August 2017, Vice Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a major general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot Flight Hours: 4,200
Aircraft Flown: C-32A, C-12C, C-17A, C-23A, C-141B/A, KC-135R, F-15B, F-16B, T-1A, T-37B and T-38A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
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Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1988
First Lieutenant June 1, 1990
Captain June 1, 1992
Major Aug 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2001
Colonel Dec 1, 2006
Brigadier General Aug 2, 2012
Major General May 22, 2015
Lieutenant General Nov 8, 2017
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Maj Gen Mike Plehn, is the Deputy Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida The command is the Air Force component of U.S Special Operations Command AFSOC provides Air Force special operations forces for worldwide deployment and assignment
to unified combatant commanders with approximately 19,000 active-duty, Reserve, Air National Guard and civilian
professionals.
General Plehn graduated from Miami Southridge High School
in 1983 and entered the U.S Air Force Academy Preparatory School He graduated from the U.S Air Force Academy with military distinction in 1988 with a degree in astronautical engineering He is a graduate of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellows program He has served on the Air Staff and in multiple joint assignments at the
combatant command, headquarters level and the Office of the Secretary of Defense General Plehn is a master navigator with more than 2,100 hours, including more than 350 combat hours, primarily as an electronic warfare officer on the AC-130 gunship He has flown missions supporting operations over Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti and Afghanistan, and has commanded special operations units at the squadron, group and wing levels
EDUCATION
1984 U.S Air Force Academy Preparatory School, Colorado Springs, Colo
1988 Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering, U.S Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
1997 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla
1999 College of Naval Command and Staff, Newport, R.I
2000 School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2003 Air War College, by correspondence
2005 National Defense Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C
2014 Combined Force Air Component Commander’s Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2015 Joint Force Maritime Component Commander’s Course, Newport, R.I. 2015 Joint Flag Officer
Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2016 United Kingdom Pinnacle Course, Headquarters Joint Forces Command, Northwood, England
ASSIGNMENTS
1 June 1988 - July 1989, student, Williams AFB, Ariz
2 July 1989 - August 1990, specialized undergraduate navigator training, Mather AFB, Calif
Trang 63 August 1990 - November 1994, AC-130H Electronic Warfare Officer, later Instructor and Evaluator Electronic Warfare Officer and Flight Commander, 16th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla
4 November 1994 - May 1996, Wing EWO, 16th Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla
5 May 1996 - July 1997, Executive Officer, 16th Operations Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla
6 July 1997 - July 1998, Aide-de-camp to the commander, Headquarters AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Fla
7 August 1998 - June 1999, student, College of Naval Command and Staff, Newport, R.I
8 July 1999 - June 2000, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala
9 July 2000 - February 2001, Team Chief, Aerospace Global Engagement, Directorate of
Strategic Planning, Headquarters U.S Air Force, Washington, DC
10 February 2001 - December 2001, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Speechwriter,
Headquarters U.S Air Force, Washington, D.C
11 December 2001 - July 2002, student, AC-130U Qualification Course, 19th Special Operations Squadron, later Assistant Operations Officer, 4th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla
12 July 2002 - June 2004, Commander, 19th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla
13 July 2004 - June 2005, National Defense Fellow, SDE Student, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C
14 July 2005 - July 2006, Chief, Joint Interagency Coordination Group, Headquarters U.S
European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
15 July 2006 - June 2007, Chief, Directed Studies, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Arlington, Va
16 June 2007 – July 2008, Commander, 27th Operations Group, later 27th Special Operations Group, Cannon AFB, N.M
17 July 2008 – June 2010, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellow, Washington, D.C
18 June 2010 – June 2011, Commander, 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla
19 August 2011 – August 2013, Deputy Director, Special Plans Working Group, Headquarters U.S Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla
20 September 2013 – January 2015, Principal Director for Middle East Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon,
Washington, D.C
21 January 2015 – June 2017, Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S Southern Command, Doral, Fla
22 June 2017 – present, Deputy Commander, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1 July 2005 - July 2006, Chief, Joint Interagency Coordination Group, HQ U.S European
Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, as a colonel 2 July 2006 - June 2007, Chief, Directed Studies, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Arlington, Va., as a colonel 3 August 2011 - August 2013, Deputy Director, Special Plans Working Group, Headquarters Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla., as a
Trang 7brigadier general 4 September 2013 – January 2015, Principal Director for Middle East Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Washington D.C., as a major general 5 January 2015 – June 2017, Chief of Staff, U.S Southern Command, Doral, Fla., as a major general
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf
clusters Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Gallant Unit Citation Joint Meritorious Unit Award with silver oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 1, 1988
First Lieutenant June 1, 1990
Captain June 1, 1992
Major Aug 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2001
Colonel Aug 1, 2005
Brigadier General July 22, 2011
Major General May 5, 2014
(Current as of August 2017)
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Maj Gen Michael D Rothstein is the Commander, Curtis E LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education and the Vice Commander of Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama He provides full spectrum education, research and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education and academic degree granting He leads the intellectual and leadership center of the U.S Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year Air University is responsible for Air Force enlisted and officer professional military education, professional continuing education and graduate education, as well as officer commissioning through Officer Training School and ROTC The Curtis E LeMay Center is responsible for the research, development and production of Air Force doctrine and input for joint and
multinational doctrine development activities The center is also responsible for advocating the proper doctrinal representation of airpower in exercise scenarios, war games, models and simulations, and providing policy and guidance of Air Force doctrine through education and focused outreach General Rothstein was commissioned in 1988 as a distinguished graduate
of the U.S Air Force Academy He earned his pilot wings at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard AFB, Texas, and was assigned as an F-16 pilot General Rothstein has commanded an operations support squadron, an air operations group, two fighter wings and an air
expeditionary wing in Afghanistan He also served as the Director of Operations and Plans, U.S Air Forces Central at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, and Chief, Activities Synchronization,
International Security Assistance Force Joint Command in Kabul, Afghanistan Prior to this assignment General Rothstein served in the U.S State Department as a Deputy Assistant
Secretary in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. General Rothstein is a command pilot with over 2,500 hours in the F-16, C-130, T-37 and T-38
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor's degree in political science, U.S Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala
1995 U.S Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev
1999 Master of Military Arts and Sciences degree, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan
2006 Master of Strategic Studies degree, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2008 Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va
2012 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville
2012 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2013 Senior Joint Information Operations Application Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala
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1 August 1988 - January 1990, Student, Euro-NATO joint jet pilot training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2 January 1990 - August 1990, Student, F-16 replacement training, 72nd Fighter Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla
3 September 1990 - February 1992, F-16 Pilot, 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
4 March 1992 - June 1995, F-16 Instructor Pilot, 13th Fighter Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan
5 July 1995 - December 1995, Student, U.S Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev
6 January 1996 - May 1998, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 69th Fighter Squadron, and Chief, F-16 Weapons and Tactics, 347th Wing, Moody AFB, Ga
7 June 1998 - June 1999, Student, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan
8 June 1999 - January 2002, Chief, Advanced Programs Branch, then Assistant Chief,
Operations and Training Division, U.S Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany
9 April 2002 - April 2004, assistant operations officer, 421st Fighter Squadron, and operations officer, 34th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
10 April 2004 - November 2005, Commander, 57th Operations Support Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev
11 December 2005 - May 2007, Student, then Special Assistant to the Commandant, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
12 May 2007 - March 2008, Commander, 609th Air Operations Group, and Director of
Operations, U.S Central Command Air Forces, Shaw AFB, S.C
13 March 2008 - May 2009, Director, Operations and Plans, 9th Air Force and U.S Air Forces Central, Shaw AFB, S.C
14 June 2009 - June 2010, Chief, Activities Synchronization, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Kabul, Afghanistan
15 August 2010 - September 2012, Commander, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan
16 September 2012 – June 2014, Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz
17 August 2014 – July 2015, Commanding General, Train, Advise Assist Command – Air and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan
18 August 2015 – August 2017, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programs and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S Department of State, Washington, D.C
19 August 2017 – present, Commander, Curtis E LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, and Vice Commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1 June 2009 - June 2010, Chief, Activities Synchronization, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a colonel 2 August 2014 – July 2015,
Commanding General, Train, Advise Assist Command – Air and Commander, 438th Air
Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 2,500
Aircraft flown: F-16C Block 30/40/50, C-130H, T-38 and T-37
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Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1988
First Lieutenant June 1, 1990
Captain June 1, 1992
Major Aug 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2001
Colonel Dec 1, 2006
Brigadier General Aug 2, 2012
Major General Aug 3, 2015
(Current as of February 2018)
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Major General Kevin B Schneider is Chief of Staff of Headquarters U.S Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii He
is responsible for the development of plans, policies, and procedures to ensure efficient operation and seamless interface between headquarters staff, component commands, and subordinate organizations He oversees command policy and programs which support the Combatant Commander’s priorities and promote U.S interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region through peace, crisis, and war
Gen Schneider was commissioned in 1988 and earned his pilot wings from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program He attended the F-16 Weapons Instructor Course and later served as an F-16 Division instructor pilot at the Weapons School Gen Schneider’s command tours include command of the 80th Fighter
Squadron at Kunsan, Korea, the multi-national 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard AFB, Texas, and the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing in the U.S Central Command Area of
Responsibility His staff assignments include tours on the Joint Staff and on the Air Staff as the Director of Air Force General Officer Management General Schneider also served as the
Assistant Deputy Commander, U.S Air Forces Central Command, and the Assistant Vice
Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force Prior to his position at U.S Pacific Command, he served as Chief of Staff, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
The general is a command pilot with more than 3,800 flight hours and 530 combat hours flown during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science, Engineering Sciences, U.S Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo
1996 U.S Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev
2005 Masters degree in national security and strategic studies, Marine Corps War College, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Va
Trang 124 November 1993 - December 1995, Instructor Pilot, Wing Weapons Flight Commander, 432nd Operations Support Squadron, then Assistant Chief of Weapons and Tactics, 13th Fighter Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan
5 January 1996 - June 1996, Student, U.S Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, F-16 Division, Nellis AFB, Nev
6 June 1996 - May 1998, Weapons Officer, Chief of Weapons and Tactics and Flight
Commander, 78th Fighter Squadron, then Weapons Officer, Chief of Weapons and Tactics and Flight Commander (concurrent), 55th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C
7 June 1998 - May 2000, Instructor Weapons Officer, Chief of Special Projects and Assistant Operations Officer, F-16 Division, U.S Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev
8 May 2000 - October 2001, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Staff, U.S Air Force, Washington, D.C
9 January 2002 - July 2003, Chief, 52nd Fighter Wing Weapons and Tactics, then Operations Officer, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
10 August 2003 - July 2004, Commander, 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, South Korea
11 August 2004 - June 2005, Student, Marine Corps War College, Quantico MCB, Va
12 June 2005 - May 2007, Action Officer, Western Europe and the Balkans Branch, then Action Officer, Eastern Europe and Eurasia Branch, then Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Europe/NATO/Russia/Africa, J-5, Joint Staff, the Pentagon,
Washington, D.C
13 June 2007 - December 2007, Senior Deputy Commander, 56th Operations Group, Luke AFB, Ariz
14 January 2008 - July 2009, Vice Commander, 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
15 July 2009 - June 2011, Commander, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
16 July 2011 - June 2013, Director, Air Force General Officer Management, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S Air Force, the Pentagon,
Washington, D.C
17 June 2013 - June 2014, Commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia
18 July 2014 - May 2015, Assistant Deputy Commander, U.S Air Forces Central Command, and Assistant Vice Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force, Shaw AFB, S.C
19 May 2015 - July 2016, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl
Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
20 July 2016 - present, Chief of Staff, Headquarters United States Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1 June 2005 - December 2006, Action Officer, Western Europe and the Balkans Branch, then Action Officer, Eastern Europe and Eurasia Branch, then Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Europe/NATO/Russia/Africa, J-5, Joint Staff, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,800 with more than 530 combat hours
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MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with six oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1988
First Lieutenant June 1, 1990
Captain June 1, 1992
Major August 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel February 1, 2003
Colonel September 1, 2007
Brigadier General June 2, 2013
Major General November 2, 2015
(Current as of October 2016)
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Maj Gen Dirk D Smith is the Deputy Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S Central Command He oversees joint and coalition operations, intelligence and plans in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Additionally, he is the commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, AFCENT He is responsible for ensuring the success of Air Force missions executed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve General Smith commands 5,000 Airmen assigned to the 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group, the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing and 386th AEW
General Smith was commissioned in 1988 after graduating from the U.S Air Force Academy He has commanded at the squadron, group, air and space operations center and wing levels His duty history includes multiple combat air forces operational flying assignments including serving as a U.S Air Force Weapons School Instructor He is a command pilot with more than 2,800 hours in the F-15C and F-22A He has participated in operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, New Dawn and
Enduring Freedom He has served in multiple staff assignments including recently as Deputy Director of Operations, U.S Pacific Command
Prior to his current assignment, General Smith was the Director of Air and Cyberspace
Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science, U.S Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
1997 Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev
2000 Master of Science in Aeronautical Science Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Daytona Beach, Fla
2001 U.S Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan
2002 Master of Science degree in military operational art and science, Fort Leavenworth, Kan
2008 Master's in Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2015 Senior Joint Information Operations Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2016 Joint Force Air Component Commander’s Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala
2016 Joint Force Land Component Commander’s Course, Carlisle Barracks, Pa
Trang 153 January 1990 - June 1990, Student Pilot, F-15 Replacement Training, Tyndall AFB, Fla
4 June 1990 - June 1995, Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner, Chief of Standardization and
Evaluations and Assistant Chief of Weapons and Tactics, 59th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla
5 May 1995 - February 1996, Chief of Training, 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla
6 March 1996 - January 1997, Platform Academics Instructor, 325th Operational Support Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla
7 June 1997 - May 1998, Chief of Weapons and Tactics, 1st Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla
8 May 1998 - June 2002, Aircraft Handling and Basic Fighter Maneuvers Phase Manager, Instructor and Flight Commander, U.S Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev
9 June 2002 - March 2004, Chief of Advanced Programs, Information Operations Division, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo
10 March 2004 - June 2004, Student Pilot, F-15C requalification training, Kingsley Field, Ore
11 June 2004 - June 2005, Director of Operations, 71st Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va
12 July 2005 - March 2007, Commander, 94th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va
13 March 2007 - July 2007, Deputy Commander, 1st Operations Group, Langley AFB, Va
14 July 2007 - June 2008, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala
15 July 2008 - October 2008, Force Application Functional Capability Board Chair, A5R-FA Division Chief, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C
16 November 2008 - July 2010, Commander, 1st Operations Group, Langley AFB, Va
17 August 2010 - August 2011, Commander, 609th Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
18 August 2011 - March 2013, Commander, 3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
19 March 2013 - June 2015, Deputy Director for Operations, Pacific Command, Camp H.M Smith, Hawaii
20 June 2015 - May 2017, Director of Air and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam, Hawaii
21 May 2017 - present, Deputy Commander for Operations and Intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve and Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1 June 2002 - March 2004, Chief of Advanced Programs, Information Operations Division, Operations Directorate, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo., as a major
2 March 2013 - June 2015, Deputy Director for Operations, Pacific Command, Camp H.M Smith, Hawaii, as a colonel and brigadier general
3 May 2017 - present, Deputy Commander for Operations and Intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as a major general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 2,800