Major General Paul J. Fletcher is a retired senior United States Air Force officer, who served as Vice Commander, 3rd Air Force, from 2006 to 2007. He was commissioned through the Washington State University United States Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. His experience includes airlift operations; programming; acquisition management; joint planning for modeling and simulation support for training; and standing up the C-130 Weapons Instructor Course. He has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels, and has flown more than 3,500 hours, primarily in the C-130E. Education 1972 Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, Washington State University 1976 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 1981 Master of Arts degree in logistics management, Central Michigan University 1984 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia 1986 National Security Management Course 1992 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2000 Program for Senior Managers in Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2002 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Assignments January 1973 - December 1973, student, undergraduate pilot training, Webb AFB, Texas December 1973 - May 1974, student, C-130 pilot training, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas May 1974 - February 1979, pilot, aircraft commander, instructor and evaluator pilot, 39th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Pope AFB, North Carolina February 1979 - January 1984, program manager for C-130 foreign and domestic sales, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio January 1984 - June 1984, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia June 1984 - July 1988, Chief of Combat Operations, 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, later, chief pilot and assistant operations officer, 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany July 1988 - June 1989, director of operations, 34th Tactical Airlift Training Group, and executive officer, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas June 1989 - August 1991, Commander, 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas August 1991 - June 1992, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. June 1992 - July 1994, strategic planner, Operational Plans and Interoperability Directorate (J7), Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington D.C. July 1994 - June 1995, Commandant (first), Combat Aerial Delivery School, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas June 1995 - January 1997, Commander, 314th Operations Group, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas January 1997 - September 1998, deputy director of plans and programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott