undergraduate pilot training, 82d Flying Training Wing, Williams AFB, AZ October 1983 – March 1984, KC-135 combat crew training, 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA March 1984 – June 1989, Standardization and Evaluation Copilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot and Flight commander, 42nd Air Refueling Squadron, Loring AFB, ME July 1989 – June 1992, Combat Crew Training School examiner and Instructor Pilot, Assistant Deputy Wing Inspector and Wing Executive Officer, 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA July 1992 – April 1994, Rated Force Planner, Directorate of Personnel Plans; member, Air Force Chief of Staff Operations Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. April 1994 – June 1996, Air Force aide to the President (Bill Clinton), White House, Washington, D.C. October 1996 – June 1997, Assistant Operations Officer, 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC June 1997 – June 1999, Commander, 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC August 1999 – July 2000, Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow, Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif. July 2000 – January 2002, Commander, 62nd Operations Group, McChord AFB, WA. (TDY September 2001 – December 2001, Commander, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Southwest Asia) January 2002 – July 2003, Commander, 375th Airlift Wing, and Installation Commander, Scott AFB, IL July 2003 – January 2005, Chief, U.S. Air Force Senate Liaison Division, Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. January 2005 – July 2006, Commander, 43rd Airlift Wing, and Installation Commander, Pope AFB, NC (TDY January 2006 – May 2006, Director of Mobility Forces, Southwest Asia) July 2006 – November 2007, Vice Commander, Eighteenth Air Force, Scott AFB, IL November 2007 – February 2009, Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. February 2009 – December 2010, Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. December 2010 – August 2012, Commander, Air Force District of Washington, Andrews AFB, MD August 2012 – May 2014, Commander, Eighteenth Air Force, Scott AFB, IL May 2014 – August 2015, Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL August 2015 – August 2018, Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott AFB, IL 1 October 2018 – Retiring Effective dates of promotion Awards and decorations McDew has been awarded the following decorations and awards: References External links |- |- 1960 births Living people United States Air Force generals Virginia Military Institute alumni People from Rantoul, Illinois Military personnel from Illinois Recipients of