deputy commander for the joint task force, Combined Support Force-536, as- signed to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to victims of the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia. The general is a command pilot with more than 3,900 flying hours in the B-1B, B-52G/H, E-3, B-2, KC-135, C-130H, T-37 and T-38.
LT. GEN. RONNIE HAWKINS JR. Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins leads a global organization of military and civilian personnel who plan, develop, deliver and oper- ate joint interoper- able com- mand and control capabili- ties and a global
enterprise infrastructure in direct support of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combat command- ers, the Department of Defense compo- nents and other mission partners. The general has commanded Cadet Squadron 24 at the U.S. Air Force Academy; Air Combat Command's Computer Systems Squadron and Communications Group; and Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama. He has served as the director of communications and infor- mation, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces; director of communications operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters Air Force; and director, Infrastructure Delivery, Office of Warfighting Inte- gration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. Gen. Hawkins has also been deputy chief of staff, Communications and Informa- tion Systems, Multi-National Force-Iraq. Prior to his current assignment he was deputy director Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4), Joint Staff, the Pentagon. Hawkins received his commission as a distin- guished graduate of the ROTC program at Angelo State University in 1977. He has held a variety of communications positions, including an assignment on the Joint Staff as support manager for command, control, communications and
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computer systems, and he later served as director of C4 Systems for Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia.
LT. GEN. DARREN MCDEW Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Lt. Gen. Darren McDew leads the Air Mobility Command's sole warfight- ing
numbered air force. The 18th Air Force is respon- sible for the com- mand's world- wide op- erational mission of provid-
ing rapid, global mobility and sustain- ment for America's armed forces through airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation and contingency response. With more than 39,000 active-duty Airmen, Reservists and civilians and approximately 1,300 aircraft, the 18th Air Force manages the global air mobil- ity enterprise through the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), 11 wings and two stand- alone groups. McDew was commissioned in 1982 following his graduation from Virginia Military Institute. He began his flying career at Loring Air Force Base, Maine. His staff assignments include serving as a member of the Air Force Chief of Staff Operations Group, Air Force aide to the president, and chief of the U.S. Air Force Senate Liaison Divi- sion and the director of public affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. The general has served as the vice com- mander of 18th Air Force, Scott AFB, Ill., and has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels as well as an Air Force Direct Reporting Unit. He has deployed in support of ongoing opera- tions in central and southwest Asia as an air expeditionary group commander and later as the director of mobility forces. Prior to his current assignment, the gen- eral was the commander, Air Force Dis- trict of Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The general is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in a variety of aircraft.
MAJ. GEN. EDWARD BOLTON JR. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton leads a staff of civilian and military financial managers respon-
sible for the formulation and execu- tion of the Air Force's annual
$119 billion budget. Prior to his current position, he served as
the director, Space and Cyber Operations at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Dur- ing his tenure, he established policy for space, cyber and information operations and oversaw the development of the Air Force cyber career field and the manage- ment of space professionals. Operation- ally, the general served as commander, 45th Space Wing, and director Eastern Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. He oversaw a $5B budget, 24 successful spacelift, shuttle, test and range mis- sions―earning the General Thomas Moorman Trophy which honors the best wing in Air Force Space Command. The general also commanded the 30th Range Squadron and the 30th Operations Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. A level III program manager, he also com- manded the Satellite and Launch Control Wing and the Launch and Range Systems Wing. The California Air Force Associa- tion selected the Launch and Range Wing as the 2005 Unit of the Year. He served as the deputy director for Systems Inte- gration and Engineering as well as the principal deputy to the Chief Operating Office at the National Reconnaissance Office. He won the National Reconnais- sance Office (NRO) Leadership Award for 2008 and was also awarded the NRO Gold Medal in 2009. Bolton began his career as an enlisted cost and manage- ment analyst. He was commissioned in 1983 after completing an electrical engi- neering degree via the Airmen Education and Commissioning Program and gradua- tion from Officer Training School.
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