Washington, D.C. May 2002 – April 2005, commander of 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana April 2005 – August 2005, commander of 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, and joint functional component commander for space and global strike, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska August 2005 – January 2009, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFMC, Ohio Flight information Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 3,000 Aircraft flown: F-4, OV-10, A-10, F-16, F-111, EF-111, AT-38, F-117 and B-52 Awards and decorations Promotion dates Second lieutenant: June 12, 1971 First lieutenant: December 12, 1972 Captain: June 12, 1975 Major: November 1, 1982 Lieutenant colonel: March 1, 1985 Colonel: February 1, 1991 Brigadier general: January 1, 1996 Major general: September 1, 1998 Lieutenant general: February 1, 2000 General: September 1, 2005 References External links General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Bruce A. Carlson General Bruce Carlson Official biography, U.S. Air Force 1949 births Living people People from Hibbing, Minnesota United States Air Force generals American general authorities (LDS Church) Members of the Second Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church) Webster University alumni University of Minnesota Duluth alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Directors of the National Reconnaissance Office Recipients of the Order of the Sword (United States) Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Religious leaders from Minnesota Latter Day Saints from Minnesota Obama administration personnel