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COLONEL RUSSELL A. MUNCY
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Colonel Russell A. Muncy is commander of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The 507th ARW is the largest Air Force Reserve flying unit in the state of Oklahoma and consists of three subordinate groups, 9 squadrons, six flights, and employs approximately 1,140 men and women. The wing reports to Fourth Air Force and supports Air Mobility Command's airlift and air refueling requirements, Federal Aviation Administration's flight inspection requirements and United States Strategic Command's alert and emergency war order requirements.
The wing performs daily flight operations and overseas deployments during peacetime and contingency operations. The 507th ARW also provides peacetime personnel and support functions for the 513th Air Control Group, the AFRC's first Airborne Warning and Control Systems organization.
The 507th ARW was the first Air Force Reserve unit to serve as a host wing for an associate Air National Guard wing. Aircrew and maintenance members from Oklahoma's 137th Wing currently serve as equal partners with the 507th. Under the associate wing concept, the Air Force Reserve and 507th ARW retain operational control of the assigned 12 KC-135R aircraft while the members of the 137th ARW help fly and maintain those aircraft.
Colonel Muncy was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1983 then served on active duty as a KC-135A/R pilot and squadron flying safety officer before leaving the service in December 1990. He reentered the service with the Air Force Reserve in 1995 serving as a pilot, flying safety officer, operations plans officer, chief pilot, operations officer and commander since that time. Muncy served a tour as the Air Force Reserve Command headquarters tanker operations officer at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., where he orchestrated AFRC's tanker operations in response to the events of September 11, 2001.
He attended Air War College in residence at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. and has deployed numerous times, supporting of Operations DESERT SHIELD, JOINT FORGE, DELIBERATE GUARD, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM and NEW DAWN. He deployed in 2010-2011 as the chief of staff of Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command in Baghdad, Iraq. He is a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours flown in T-37, T-38, and KC-135A/R aircraft.
EDUCATION:
1983 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1989 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
1996 ACC Flight Safety Program Management Course, Dyess AFB, Texas
2004 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2007 Masters Degree, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2007 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. September 1983 - October 1984, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi
2. October 1984 - April 1985, Student, KC-135A weapons systems training, Castle AFB, California
3. April 1985 - October 1988, KC-135A/R co-pilot, aircraft commander and flying safety officer, 306 ARW, Altus AFB, Oklahoma
4. October 1988 - December 1990, KC-135R aircraft commander and flying safety officer, 305 ARW, Grissom AFB, Indiana
5. January 1991 - October 1995, break in military service; corporate aviation/medical management career field
6. October 1995 - December 2000, operations plans officer, flying safety officer and instructor pilot, 434 ARW, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana
7. December 2000 - March 2001, chief pilot, 74th Air Refueling Squadron, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana
8. March 2001 - October 2002, operations officer, HQ AFRC, Robins AFB, Georgia
9. October 2002 - August 2007, operations officer, 64th Air Refueling Squadron, 939th Operations Group, Portland IAP, Oregon
10. August 2007 - June 2010, commander, 459th Operations Group, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
11. June 2010 - February 2011: vice commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
12. March 2011 - October 2011: commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
13 October 2011- Present: commander, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: more than 4000 hours
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, KC-135A/R
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two bronze service stars
Southwest Asia Service Medal with one bronze service star
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border
Air Force Longevity Service with three oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with one "M" device
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant August 5, 1983
First Lieutenant August 5, 1985
Captain August 5, 1987, recalculated to June 2, 1992 due to break in service
Major June 16, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel September 30, 2004
Colonel February 7, 2008
(Current as of November 2011)
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