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BRIGADIER GENERAL TIMOTHY M. RAY
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Selected for promotion to major general
Brig. Gen. Timothy M. Ray is the Director, Operational Planning, Policy and Strategy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for the development and integration of operational strategies, organizational concepts, policies and plans supporting all elements of aerospace power employment. His directorate's eight divisions orchestrate Air Force participation in joint and regional war and mobilization planning communities; operator and warfighter talks with allies and sister services; strategic planning for missile defense; combating weapons of mass destruction; and compliance with international agreements. Gen Ray supervises the Air Force's concept of operations development as well as its interface with Joint Staff and National Security Council issues. His responsibilities cross multiple functional countries to include interpretation of national defense guidance for use in directing the Air Force's capabilities-based planning process.
General Ray received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1985. He completed undergraduate pilot training and has held operational flying assignments in the T-38 and B-52, serving as an instructor, evaluator pilot and squadron commander. He has also flown the B-1 and commanded the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. General Ray served with the U.S. Strategic Command as Deputy Chief of the Aircraft Team, and with U.S. Forces Korea as the Chief of Training, Readiness, Exercise and Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Division. Gen Ray also served as Deputy Director of Air and Space Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. General Ray was the Director of Operations, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La. Prior to his current assignment, he was Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Science degree in human factors engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1994 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1998 Master of Science degree in aviation sciences and management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
1998 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1998 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2004 Master of Science degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Senior Executive Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1985 - August 1987, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. August 1987 - October 1987, student, B-52 combat crew training, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. November 1987 - March 1993, B-52 flight commander, instructor and evaluator pilot, 23rd Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
4. March 1993 - March 1994, B-52 Flying Training Unit instructor pilot, Castle AFB, Calif.
5. March 1994 - June 1997, B-52 FTU instructor pilot and executive officer, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La.
6. June 1997 - July 1998, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1998 - October 2000, Deputy Chief, Aircraft Team, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
8. October 2000 - June 2001, operations officer, 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
9. June 2001 - July 2003, Commander, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
10. August 2003 - June 2004, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 2004 - September 2005, Chief, Training, Readiness, Exercises and NEO Division, Special Operations (J37), U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea
12. September 2005 - July 2006, Vice Commander, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.
13. July 2006 - June 2008, Commander, 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas.
14. July 2008 - July 2009, Deputy Director of Air and Space Operations at Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
15. August 2009 - August 2011, Director of Operations, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La.
16. August 2011 - September 2012, Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan
17. September 2012 - present, Director, Operational Planning, Policy & Strategy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1998 - October 2000, Deputy Chief, Aircraft Team, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as a major and lieutenant colonel
2. July 2004 - September 2005, Chief, Training, Readiness, Exercises and NEO Division, Special Operations (J37), U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea, as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
3. August 2011 - September 2012, Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,000 hours
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, B-52G, B-52H, B-1B, C-27A and C-208
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device, silver and bronze oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Iraq Campaign Medal with oak leaf cluster
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Republic of Korea Order of National Security Merit (Samil Medal)
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 1985
First Lieutenant May 29, 1987
Captain May 29, 1989
Major Feb. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2000
Colonel Aug. 1, 2004
Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2009
(Current as of September 2012)
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