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BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK D. KELLY
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Brig. Gen. Mark D. Kelly is the Commander, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. He is responsible for providing realistic combat adversary training to U.S. and allied forces in air, space and information operations via RED FLAG-Alaska, Pacific Air Forces' premier national and multinational large-force training exercise, and through PACAF's only Aggressor Squadron. He is also responsible for deploying Airmen in support of global operations and for enabling the staging of forces through Eielson AFB.
General Kelly entered the Air Force in 1986, receiving his commission from the Air Force ROTC program at Southwest Texas State University. He earned his pilot wings at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard AFB, Texas. General Kelly has served as an Air Education and Training Command instructor pilot and as an exchange officer with the Royal Australian Air Force. He has commanded a fighter squadron and a fighter wing. General Kelly is a command pilot with more than 5,300 flying hours, including more than 400 combat hours in fighter aircraft. He has served in operational units in the Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Combat Command where he led combat missions over Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq in support of operations Deliberate Force, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Mathematics, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
1990 Squadron Officer School, in residence
1996 U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
2001 Master of Military Arts and Sciences, Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2007 Master of Science Degree in National Security Studies, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2011 Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education, Leadership Decision Making Seminar
ASSIGNMENTS
1. April 1986 - May 1987, Student, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
2. June 1987 - July 1991, T-37 Instructor Pilot, Executive Officer and Standardization and Evaluation Officer, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas
3. August 1991 - April 1992, Student, F-15E Replacement Training Unit, 461st Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.
4. April 1992 - July 1995, F-15E Instructor Pilot and Weapons Officer, 90th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
5. August 1995 - January 1998, F-15E Instructor Pilot and Weapons Officer, 492d Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England
6. February 1998 - June 2000, Assistant Director of Operations, 2nd Operational Conversion Unit, Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Fighter Weapons School, RAAF Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia
7. July 2000 - June 2001, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. June 2001 - September 2002, Weapons and Tactics Flight Commander, 4th Operational Support Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
9. October 2002 - March 2004, Director of Operations, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
10. April 2004 - May 2006, Commander, 333d Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
11. August 2006 - June 2007, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2007 - September 2008, Vice Commander, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho with duties as Vice Commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
13. September 2008 - April 2010, Commander, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
14. April 2010 - April 2011, Executive Officer, Deputy Commander, US Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
15. April 2011 - July 2012, Chief of Staff, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
16. July 2012 - present, Commander, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2002 - March 2003, Master Air Attack Planner, U.S. Air Forces Central Combined Air Operations Center, Prince Sultan Air Base, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, as a major
2. May 2008 - August 2008, Vice Commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Combined Joint Task Force 101, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, as a colonel
3. April 2010 - April 2011, Executive Officer, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii, as a colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 5,300
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, F/A-18, F-15E, F-16
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross with valor device with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star with one oak leaf cluster
Royal Australian Air Force Chief of Staff Gold Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Feb. 12, 1986
First Lieutenant Feb. 12, 1988
Captain Feb. 12, 1990
Major Nov. 17, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 10, 2002
Colonel Jan. 1, 2007
Brigadier General Sept. 14, 2012
(Current as of September 2012)
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