Chief, Middle East, Africa and South Asia Policy, Plans and Operations Directorate, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. December 1991 – April 1992, Deputy Assistant Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Security Council Matters, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. April 1992 – June 1993, Commander, 39th Operations Group, Incirlik AB, Turkey July 1993 – May 1994, Commander, 20th Fighter Wing, RAF Upper Heyford, England May 1994 – August 1995, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division (J-5), the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. September 1995 – August 1997, Commander, 24th Wing; Commander, U.S. Southern Command Air Forces Forward; and Director, Joint Interagency Task Force - South, Howard AFB, Panama August 1997 – April 1999, Commander, 366th Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho April 1999 – April 2000, Commander, Joint Task Force - Southwest Asia, and Commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force - Southwest Asia, U.S. Central Command, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 2000 – March 2002, Director of Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany March 2002 – July 2003, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. July 2003 – Sept 2006, Commander, 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona Retired 1 Sept 2006 Flight Information Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 4,600, including more than 270 combat hours Aircraft flown: F-111A/E/F, F-15A/B/C/D, A-10, F-16C Block 40/42, C-27 and C-21 Major Awards and decorations Defense Distinguished Service Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Medal with oak leaf cluster Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Joint Meritorious Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars Grand Cross of the Air Force Cross of Aeronautical Merit (Colombia) Estrella de las Fuerzas Armadas en el grado de Gran Estrella al Mérito Militar, Chile (Armed *Forces Military Star, Order of Grand Star for Military Merit) Other achievements 1975 Top Gun outstanding graduate, F-111 Replacement Training Unit, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing 1991 Air War College