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COLONEL TODD M. COPELAND
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Colonel Todd M. Copeland is the Commander, 5th Operations Group, Minot Air Force Base, N.D. Colonel Copeland leads 300 combat-ready professionals, and is responsible for conventional and nuclear operations, deployment planning, tactics, training, standardization and evaluation, intelligence, and airfield operations.
Colonel Copeland was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1989 and is an experimental test pilot and command pilot with over 3900 hours in 33 different makes and models of aircraft. He has served as an instructor and evaluator pilot in the B-2, B-52 and T-38 and conducted developmental flight tests in the B-2, B-52 and F-16. His staff experience includes a tour as the Chief, Air to Ground Weapons and Bomber Test Programs at Headquarters Air Force, Division of Test and Evaluation where he worked closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation air weapons division. He also commanded the 509th Operations Support Squadron at Whiteman AFB which has sole responsibility for the planning and coordination of B-2 global combat missions. Col. Copeland holds a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and two Masters Degrees, one in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute and one in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He has deployed and/or supported Operations Desert Fox, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom and PACAF's Continuous Bomber Presence.
Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Copeland was the Deputy Director, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
EDUCATION
1989 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1996 Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, Va.
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Master of Science in Aviation Systems, University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tenn.
2004 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Master of Science in Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2008 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2010 National Defense Fellowship, Stimson Center, Washington D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1990 - August 1991, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese AFB, Texas
2. November 1991 - June 1992, B-52 Student Pilot Training, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. June 1992 - June 1996, B-52 Standard/Evaluation Pilot, Minot AFB, N.D.
4. June 1996 - May 1998, instructor, B-52 pilot, Barksdale AFB, La.
5. June 1998 - August 1998, student, T-38 pilot instructor training, Randolph AFB, TX
6. September 1998 - June 2001, instructor pilot, B-2/T-38, Whiteman AFB, Mo.
7. July 2001 - June 2002, student, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
8. July 2002 - June 2004, experimental test pilot, Edwards AFB, Calif.
9. July 2004 - June 2005, student, Air Force Institute of Technology Masters Program, Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio
10. July 2005 - June 2006, Chief, Weapons and Bomber Programs, AF/TEP, Pentagon, Va.
11. July 2006 - June 2008, Director of Operations, 393d Bomb Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Mo.
12. July 2008 - June 2010, Commander, 509th Operations Support Squadron, Whiteman AFB, Mo.
13. July 2010 - June 2011, National Defense Fellow, Stimson Center, Washington D.C.
14. July 2011 - July 2012, Deputy Director, Materials and Manufacturing, Air Force Research Laboratory,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. July 2012 - Present, Commander, 5th Operations Group, Minot AFB, N.D.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Aircraft Flown: 33 different types and models; primary qualification in B-2, B-52, F-16, and T-38
Flight Hours: Over 3900
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal w/ two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal w/ two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Meritorious Unit Award w/ three oak leaf clusters
AF Outstanding Unit Award w/ two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal w/ one oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal w/ one oak leaf cluster
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Dec. 1, 1989
First Lieutenant Apr. 1, 1992
Captain Apr. 1, 1994
Major May 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2006
Colonel Nov. 1, 2011
(Current as of July 2012)
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