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COLONEL TIMOTHY E. BUSH
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Colonel Timothy E. Bush is the Commander of the 319th Air Base Wing, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. As commander, he serves as the senior officer responsible for providing base operating and direct operations support to wing personnel, three tenant units and nine GSUs. The wing trains, deploys and redeploys over 1,100 Airmen in support of Air Expeditionary Force and combatant commander requirements. It also provides facilities and equipment support for the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, the 69th Reconnaissance Group and North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Wing. In addition, the wing provides logistics, medical, civil engineer, contracting, communications, security and force support functions as well as facilities and equipment valued at $2.2B and executes a budget of $48M.
Colonel Bush graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1988 with a degree in general engineering. He served as an acquisition project officer before earning his pilot wings in 1992. He has flown the KC-135R Stratotanker in numerous humanitarian, combat and combat support operations. Colonel Bush has also served as Presidential Advance Agent for Air Force One, Aide de Camp to the Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Commander, 384th Air Refueling Squadron, Commander, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, and Commander, 733d Air Mobility Squadron.
EDUCATION
- 1988 Bachelor of Science in General Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- 1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
- 2000 Master of Air Mobility, Advanced Study of Air Mobility, Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey
- 2001 Master of Security Studies, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
- 2007 Master of National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
- 2010 USAF Leadership Enhancement Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, North Carolina
ASSIGNMENTS
- August 1988 - April 1991, Acquisition project manager, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
- April 1991 - May 1992, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi
- May 1992 - October 1996, KC-135R co-pilot, aircraft commander, chief of scheduling, 91st Air Refueling Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana
- October 1996 - May 1999, KC-135R instructor and evaluator pilot, squadron and group executive officer, chief of tactics, 6th Operations Group, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida (May 1997 - May 1999 Presidential Advance Agent for Air Force One as an additional duty)
- May 1999 - June 2000, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey
- June 2000 - June 2001, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
- June 2001 - May 2003, Aide de Camp to the Commander, United States Joint Forces Command and North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia
- July 2003 - July 2005, Commander 384th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas (February 2004 - July 2004 deployed Commander, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates)
- July 2005 - July 2006, Deputy Division Chief, Global Mobility CONOPS, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon
- July 2006 - June 2007, Student, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
- July 2007 - June 2009, Director of Operations & Commander, 733d Air Mobility Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan
- June 2009 - June 2011, Vice Commander, 92d Air Refueling Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (January 2011 - May 2011 deployed U.S. AFCENT Deputy Director of Mobility Forces, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar)
- July 2011 - Present, Commander, 319th Air Base Wing, Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Senior Pilot
Flight hours: More than 2100 hours
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, KC-135R/T
DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal, with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal, with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal, with two oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant 1 June 1988
First Lieutenant 1 June 1990
Captain 1 June 1992
Major 1 October 1999
Lieutenant Colonel 1 March 2003
Colonel 1 August 2008
(Current as of Nov 2012)
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