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COLONEL JOEL T HANSON
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Colonel Joel T. Hanson is vice commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The center is composed of one wing and two wing-equivalent directorates; the 377th Air Base Wing and Nuclear Capabilities Directorate at Kirtland AFB; and the ICBM Systems Directorate at Hill AFB, Utah. The AFNWC is responsible for the entire scope of nuclear weapons support functions and comprises units at Kirtland AFB; Tinker AFB, Okla.; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Hill AFB, Utah; and Lackland AFB, Texas.
Colonel Hanson earned his commission upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1990. His assignments include ICBM maintenance officer tours at Ellsworth AFB, S.D. and Vandenberg AFB, Calif. He also served as a Logistics Career Broadener and Aide de Camp at the Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah and as an action officer and executive officer on the air staff in the Office of the Inspector General, Pentagon, Washington D.C. At F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., Colonel Hanson served as a maintenance operations officer and commander of the 90th Maintenance Operations Squadron. He also served as the chief of the maintenance and communications inspection branch, Inspector General, Peterson AFB, Colo. Before assuming his current position, he was commander of the 91st Maintenance Group, Minot AFB, North Dakota.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor's degree in Management, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
1994 Master's degree in Business Administration, University of South Dakota, Rapid City, S.D.
1995 Master's degree in Logistics Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
1997 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence and residence, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2002 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Marine Command and Staff College, Quantico, Va.
2006 Air War College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Master's degree in Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1990 - June 1991, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
2. June 1991 - May 1994, ICBM maintenance officer, 44th Maintenance Group, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
3. May 1994 - October 1995, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
4. October 1995 - September 1998, ICBM maintenance officer, 576th Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
5. September 1998 - May 2000, USAF logistics career broadener, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah.
6. May 2000 - July 2001, aide de camp, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah.
7. July 2001 - June 2002, chief, acquisitions and logistics inspections, Inspections Directorate, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
8. June 2002 - July 2003, executive officer to The Inspector General, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Washington D.C.
9. July 2003 - July 2004, student, Marine Command and Staff College, Quantico, Va.
10. July 2004 - May 2005, maintenance operations officer, 90th Maintenance Operations Squadron, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
11. May 2005 - July 2007, commander, 90th Maintenance Operations Squadron, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
12. July 2007 - June 2008, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
13. June 2008 - October 2009, chief, maintenance and communications inspection branch, Inspector General, HQ Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
14. October 2009 - June 2011, commander, 91st Maintenance Group, Minot AFB, N.D.
15. June 2011 - present, vice commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Legion of Merit Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 1990
First Lieutenant May 1992
Captain May 1994
Major July 2001
Lieutenant Colonel May 2005
Colonel September 2010
(Current as of November 2012)
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