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BRIGADIER GENERAL JEFFREY L. HARRIGIAN
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Brig. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian is the Assistant Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and Assistant Vice Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. As such, the general assists with the development of contingency plans and the execution of air operations for the 20-nation U.S. Central Command area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia.
General Harrigian was commissioned in 1985 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served in a variety of flying and staff assignments, including Chief of the Joint Exercise Division at NATO's Joint Warfare Center, Stavanger, Norway. He has commanded at the flight, squadron and wing levels. The general is a USAF Weapons School graduate and a command pilot with more than 4,000 flight hours in the F-22, F-15C, A/OA-37 and MQ-1. He has flown combat missions in support of operations Just Cause and Desert Storm. Prior to his current assignment, General Harrigian was the Deputy Director for Strategy, Plans and Assessments, U.S. Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor's degree in political science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1993 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1995 USAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1996 Master's degree in aeronautical science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
1999 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2002 Air War College, by correspondence
2005 Air Force Fellow, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2008 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2008 Phase II, Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2011 Joint Force Air Component Commander, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1985 - August 1986, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. April 1987 - January 1990, A/OA-37 Air Liaison Officer, Forward Air Controller Instructor Pilot, and Standardization and Evaluation Pilot, 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Howard AFB, Panama
3. March 1990 - September 1990, Student, F-15 replacement training, 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.
4. September 1990 - June 1992, Squadron Life Support Officer, later, Chief, Squadron Scheduling, 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
5. July 1992 - June 1995, Chief, Squadron Scheduling, 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron, and Academic Instructor, Multi-Stage Improvement Program, 325th Training Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
6. July 1995 - December 1995, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev.
7. January 1996 - June 1998, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 58th Fighter Squadron, and Chief, Wing Weapons, 33rd Operational Support Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
8. June 1998 - June 1999, Student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
9. June 1999 - August 1999, Student, F-15 requalification training, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
10. August 1999 - January 2000, Instructor Pilot, F-15 Division; and Chief, Advanced Programs, Director of Tactics, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
11. January 2000 - May 2001, Operations Officer, F-15 Division, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
12. May 2001 - October 2002, Operations Officer, 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
13. October 2002 - December 2004, Commander, 43rd Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
14. December 2004 - August 2005, Air Force Fellow, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
15. August 2005 - June 2007, Chief, Joint Exercise Division, NATO's Joint Warfare Center, Stavanger, Norway
16. June 2007 - January 2008, Vice Commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va.
17. January 2008 - June 2010, Commander, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M.
18. July 2010 - July 2011, Deputy Director for Strategy, Plans and Assessment (J5), U.S. Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
19. August 2011 - present, Assistant Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and Assistant Vice Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force, Shaw AFB, S.C.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 2005 - June 2007, Chief, Joint Exercise Division, NATO's Joint Warfare Center, Stavanger, Norway, as a colonel
2. July 2010 - July 2011, Deputy Director for Strategy, Plans and Assessments (J5), U.S. Forces-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,000
Aircraft flown: F-22, F-15 A/B/C/D, A/OA-37 and MQ-1
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1986 Distinguished graduate, undergraduate pilot training
1989 OA-37 Instructor Pilot of the Year, Tactical Air Command
1995 Outstanding graduate, USAF Weapons School
1996 Air Force Anthony C. Shine Award
1997 Safety Award of Distinction, Air Combat Command
1998 Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award, Air Combat Command
1998 Instructor Pilot of the Year, 33rd Fighter Wing
PUBLICATIONS
"Fighting the Fulcrum," Fighter Weapons Review and AFTTP 3-1, Vol. 4.
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 1985
First Lieutenant May 29, 1987
Captain May 29, 1989
Major Jan. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2000
Colonel Feb. 1, 2006
Brigadier General Nov. 11, 2010
(Current as of September 2012)
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