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BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID R. STILWELL
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Brig. Gen. David R. Stilwell is the United States Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to the People's Republic of China.
General Stilwell entered the Air Force in 1980 as a Korean linguist. After a tour of duty in Korea, he attended the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduating in 1987 with a degree in Asian history. He then attended the University of Hawaii, earning a Master's degree in Asian studies and Chinese language in 1988.
General Stilwell is a career fighter pilot with 3000 hours and operational tours in the RF-4C and the F-16 at Bergstrom Air Force Base Texas, Shaw Air Force Base South Carolina, Kunsan Air Base, Korea, and Misawa AB, Japan, and a tour as an Aggressor pilot at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. His staff assignments include a tour as an Assistant Professor of History at the Air Force Academy, Chief of Combat Applications at the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, and Chief of Plans and Programs for Air Combat Command. While stationed at Misawa AB, Brigadier General Stilwell served as the Pacific Air Forces Demonstration Pilot, representing the U.S. at airshows in Guam, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and Japan. He commanded the Adversary Tactics Group at Nellis AFB, Nev., where he was responsible for integrating Air, Space and Cyberspace threat training for Air Force and Joint audiences, as well as the planning and execution of four RED FLAG exercises annually. Brigadier General Stilwell has deployed to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey in support of combat operations in the Middle East.
EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Science, Asian History, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1988 Master of Arts, Asian Studies and Chinese Language, University of Hawaii
2000 Master's degree in strategic studies, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2006 Master's degree in strategic studies, US.. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1980 - July 1983, Korean linguist training, Defense Language Institute, Monterey Calif., and Cryptologic Linguist, Osan AB, Korea
2. July 1983 - May 1987, cadet, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
3. August 1987 - December 1988, graduate student, University of Hawaii
4. January 1989 - May 1990, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
5. June 1990 - June 1991, F-4E combat crew training course, George AFB, Calif.
6. June 1991 - June 1992, RF-4C Aircraft Commander,12th Reconnaissance Squadron, Bergstrom AFB, Texas
7. June 1992 - December 1993, Assistant Professor of History, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
8. December 1993 - May 1995, F-16 transition course and F-16 pilot, 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AB, Korea
9. June 1995 - July 1999, F-16 flight examiner and demonstration pilot, 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons, Misawa AB, Japan
10. July 1999 - June 2000, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. June 2000 - June 2002, Chief of Combat Applications, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
12. June 2002 - July 2005, Operations Officer 78th Fighter Squadron and Commander, 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C.
13. July 2005 - June 2006, student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
14. June 2006 - January 2007, Chief of Programs, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
15. January 2007 - August 2008, Commander, 57th Adversary Tactics Group, Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, Nev.
16. August 2008 - July 2010, Commander, 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan
17. August 2010 - May 2011, Defense Language Institute, and Joint Military Attaché School, Washington, D.C.
18. June 2011 - present, U.S. Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to the People's Republic of China
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot, parachutist
Flight hours: More than 3,000
Aircraft flown: F-4, T-41, F-16
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 27, 1987
First Lieutenant May 27, 1989
Captain May 27, 1991
Major Aug. 1, 1998
Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 1, 2001
Colonel Dec. 1, 2006
Brigadier General Nov. 10, 2011
(Current as of November 2011)
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