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MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT B. STEPHENS
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Retired Oct. 19, 2002.
Died March 8, 2011.
Maj. Gen. Robert B. Stephens is mobilization assistant to the Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
General Stephens was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Georgia in 1967. He has commanded a squadron and wing, and was mobilization assistant to the Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, and to the Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service. He was Vice Commander of Headquarters 4th Air Force and, prior to assuming his current position, mobilization assistant to the Commander of the Tanker Airlift Control Center, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill. He is a command pilot with more than 6,500 military flying hours, including more than 350 combat hours, and 13,500 civilian flying hours.
EDUCATION
1967 Bachelor's degree in business administration and marketing, University of Georgia at Athens
1974 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1979 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1979 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 1967 - January 1969, student, undergraduate pilot training, Moody AFB, Ga.
2. January 1969 - April 1969, student, C-141 crew training, Tinker AFB, Okla.
3. April 1969 - May 1970, C-141 co-pilot, 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Robins AFB, Ga.
4. May 1970 - April 1971, C-141 aircraft commander, Robins AFB, Ga.
5. April 1971 - May 1971, student, QU-22 crew training, Duke Field, Fla.
6. June 1971 - September 1971, QU-22B pilot, 554th Reconnaissance Squadron, Nakon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand
7. September 1971 - June 1972, QU-22B SI standardization pilot, Special Operations Wing, Nakon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand
8. September 1973 - May 1986, C-141 aircraft commander, 701st Military Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
9. May 1986 - September 1988, Commander, 707th Military Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
10. September 1988 - April 1989, Vice Commander, 315th Military Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C.
11. April 1989 - July 1991, Commander, 315th Military Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C.
12. July 1991 - February 1993, mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Recruiting Service, Randolph AFB, Texas
13. February 1993 - June 1993, mobilization assistant to the Vice Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.
14. June 1993 - September 1994, Vice Commander, 4th Air Force, McClellan AFB, Calif.
15. September 1994 - July 1996, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
16. July 1996 - September 1999, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
17. October 1999 - present, mobilization assistant to the Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 6,500 military; 13,500 civilian
Aircraft flown: T-41, T-37, T-38, C-141 A/B, QU-22, C-130, Electra, Boeing 727, A-300, DC-9, MD-80, DC-8 and Boeing 747
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal
North Africa Expeditionary Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Air Crew of the Year, Air Force Association
Life member, Reserve Officers Association
Order of the Daedalians
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 26, 1967
First Lieutenant May 16, 1970
Captain Feb. 23, 1973
Major Sept. 17, 1977
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 28, 1983
Colonel Dec. 22, 1986
Brigadier General Feb. 9, 1994
Major General March 31, 1998
(Current as of October 1999)
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