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BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES N. POST III
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Currently serving as the Director, Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Air Forces Central Command
Brigadier General James N. Post III is the Deputy Director of Operations, Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii. PACAF's primary mission is to provide ready air and space power to promote United States interests in the Asia-Pacific region during peacetime, through crisis and in war.
General Post entered the Air Force in 1983 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served as an F-16 mission commander, joint staff officer, fighter squadron commander, air and space operations center commander, vice wing and twice as a fighter wing commander.
General Post is a command pilot with more than 4,800 flying hours, flying combat tours in support of Operations NORTHERN WATCH, SOUTHERN WATCH and IRAQI FREEDOM.
EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1990 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1991 Master's degree in public administration, Troy State University
1992 Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1996 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar
1997 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
1998 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2002 Master's degree in strategic studies, academic distinction, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Congressional Operations Seminar, The Government Affairs Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2008 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2012 Capstone Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2012 Joint Forces Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1983 - June 1984, student, undergraduate pilot training, Laughlin AFB, Texas
2. July 1984 - September 1984, student, lead-in fighter training, Holloman AFB, N.M.
3. October 1984 - June 1985, F-4D student, 308th Fighter Squadron, Homestead AFB, Fla.
4. July 1985 - June 1987, F-4E mission pilot, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany
5. July 1987 - September 1987, student, F-16C transition training, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.
6. October 1987 - November 1988, F-16C mission pilot, 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
7. December 1988 - June 1992, F-16 evaluation pilot, 62nd and 63rd Fighter Squadrons, MacDill AFB, Fla.
8. July 1992 - December 1992, student, Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
9. January 1993 - January 1994, F-16 instructor, evaluation pilot, weapons officer and flight commander, 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, South Korea
10. February 1994 - June 1996, F-16 instructor, evaluation pilot, Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, and wing weapons officer, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan
11. July 1996 - May 1997, student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
12. June 1997 - June 1999, Operations Officer, Western Hemisphere, Operations Directorate (J3), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
13. July 1999 - August 1999, student, F-16 transition course, 310th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.
14. September 1999 - June 2002, assistant operations officer, 77th Fighter Squadron; operations officer, 79th Fighter Squadron; then Commander, 55th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C.
15. July 2002 - June 2003, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
16. July 2003 - March 2004, Senior Deputy Commander, 56th Operations Group, Luke AFB, Ariz.
17. April 2004 - July 2006, Vice Commander, 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
18. August 2006 - February 2007, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 12th Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
19. February 2007 - October 2008, Commander, 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C.
20. November 2008 - July 2009, Commander, 609th Air and Space Operations Center, Southwest Asia
21. August 2009 - January 2010, Director, Plans and Requirements, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
22. February 2010 - August 2012, Commander, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, AK.
23. August 2012 - present, Deputy Director of Operations, Plans, Programs and Requirements, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1997 - June 1999, operations officer, Western Hemisphere, Operations Directorate (J3), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a major and lieutenant colonel
2. Sep 2012 - present, Director, Air Forces Central Command's Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid, Qatar, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,800 with 280+ combat hours
Aircraft flown: F-4 D/E/G and F-16 A/C
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1995 USAF Champion, Pacific Air Force's Mission Commander, Gunsmoke '95
1995 Instructor Pilot of the Year, Pacific Air Forces
1996 USAF Anthony C. Shine Award
2009 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award, Air Combat Command
2011 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award, Pacific Air Forces
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1983
First Lieutenant June 1, 1985
Captain June 1, 1987
Major May 1, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 1, 1998
Colonel June 1, 2004
Brigadier General May 7, 2010
(Current as of September 2012)
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