2011 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2013 The Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Mass. Military career Johnson attended pilot training at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona from May 1983 to July 1984, and completed her three-month C-141 qualification training at Altus AFB, Oklahoma, in October of that year. Her command assignments included the 9th Air Refueling Squadron, the 97th Operations Group and the 22d Air Refueling Wing. She commanded a deployed air refueling squadron in Operation Southern Watch and an air refueling wing in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. She has served as the Air Force aide to the President, and as an Assistant Professor of Political Science, instructor pilot, and Associate Air Officer Commanding at the U.S. Air Force Academy. On August 12, 2013, Johnson assumed command as Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, the first woman to hold the position. After 36 years of active duty, she retired from the Air Force in October 2017. A command pilot, Johnson has more than 3,600 flying hours in C-141, T-41, KC-10, C-17, C-5, KC-135, T-37, and T-38 aircraft. NBA Following her retirement from the Air Force in 2017, Johnson was appointed as senior vice president and head of referee operations for the National Basketball Association (NBA) on October 12. She assumed her new position on October 16 and stepped down two years later. Her duties included overseeing the recruitment, training, development, and evaluation of NBA referees, as well as the NBA replay center. Promotion history References External links Official USAF biography United States Air Force Academy alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit Female generals of the United States Air Force Year of birth missing (living people) Syracuse University alumni Harvard University alumni Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Living people American Rhodes Scholars Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal Superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy National Basketball Association league office executives Women heads of universities and colleges Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States) 21st-century American women Iowa Women's Hall of Fame Inductees