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COLONEL CHRISTOPHER A. COFFELT
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Colonel Chris "Boots" Coffelt is the Commander of the
90th Missile Wing, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. He provides strategic nuclear deterrence through the operation, maintenance, security and support by over 4,200 military, civilian and contractor personnel operating 15 missile alert facilities and 150 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles constantly ready to launch at the direction of the President of the United States.
Colonel Coffelt received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Colorado in 1989 and entered the active duty Air Force in 1990. Since then, he has served in a variety of space and missile operations, staff, and leadership assignments.
As a space operator, he commanded mission control teams for launch, early-orbit, and on-orbit operations for communication and missile warning satellites, Inertial Upper Stage booster spacecraft, and Space Shuttle support operations. His missile operations experience includes combat mission ready certification in the Peacekeeper and Minuteman III ICBM weapon systems and duty as a flight commander/instructor, chief of wing combat crew training, and commander of the 321st Missile Squadron. His staff assignments include duties on the Secretary of Defense's Bosnia Task Force, the Air Staff, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Most recently, he served as vice wing commander of the 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D.
EDUCATION
1989 Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
1996 Squadron Officer School, distinguished graduate, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1998 Master of Arts degree in organizational management, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2004 Air Command and Staff College, distinguished graduate, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Master of Airpower Art and Science, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Air War College, by correspondence
2008 Graduate, Air Force SDE Fellowship, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
2010 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2011 USAF Enterprise Leadership Program, Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1990 - February 1991, student, undergraduate space training, Lowry AFB, Colo.
2. February 1991 - September 1992, chief, space test software engineering branch and Air Force test director, launch and vehicle (space shuttle/IUS operations) directorate, Consolidated Space Test Center, Onizuka AFB, Calif.
3. October 1992 - July 1994, spacecraft launch commander, mission commander, squadron executive officer, 5th Space Operations Squadron, Onizuka AFB, Calif.
4. July 1994 - November 1994, student, undergraduate missile training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
5. November 1994 - July 1996, Peacekeeper ICBM missile combat crew and deputy flight commander, 400th Missile Squadron and executive officer, 90th Operations Group, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
6. July 1996 - May 1998, Air Force Intern with duty as political-military officer on Bosnia Task Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense, PDUSD (Policy), and action officer in AF History Support Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
7. May 1998 - August 1998, student, ICBM requalification training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
8. September 1998 - June 2001, Minuteman III ICBM missile combat crew member and senior flight commander/instructor, 12th Missile Squadron, then commander, current operations flight (chief of wing combat crew training), 341st Operations Support Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
9. July 2001 - July 2003, space and missile force programmer, Space Superiority Division of the Directorate of Programs, then executive officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
10. August 2003 - June 2004, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 2004 - June 2005, student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. July 2005 - June 2007, commander, 321st Missile Squadron, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
13. July 2007 - July 2008, United States Air Force Fellow, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
14. July 2008 - August 2010, chief, nuclear surety inspections branch and chief inspector, Defense Nuclear Surety Inspection Team, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
15. August 2010 - June 2011, vice commander, 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.
16. June 2011 - present, commander, 90th Missile Wing, F. E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant December 22, 1989
First Lieutenant May 19, 1992
Captain May 19, 1994
Major May 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2005
Colonel October 1, 2008
(Current as of July 2011)
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