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COLONEL KATHRYN L. KOLBE
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Colonel Kathryn L. Kolbe is Commander, 75th Air Base Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The wing provides installation support for Ogden Air Logistics Complex, two fighter wings, and 61 other associate units, totaling 24,000 members consisting of active duty, civilian and contractor personnel. Additionally, it directly supports Air Expeditionary Forces operations. The 75th Air Base Wing also has base support responsibility for the operation of the 1,500-square-mile Utah Test and Training Range.
Colonel Kolbe is a native of Pennsylvania. She earned her commission through the ROTC program at Lehigh University, Pa., in 1990, where she was a distinguished graduate.
She has served in several base and major command level positions as a programmer and community planner, environmental engineer, readiness and operations flight commander and a housing investment and privatization program manager.
Colonel Kolbe has also served as an aide-de-camp and a legislative fellow in the United States Senate. Before her current assignment, she served as Vice Commander, 75th Air Base Wing and Special Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Sustainment Center.
EDUCATION
1990 Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, Pa.
1998 Master's Degree in Organizational Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1998 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2002 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 Government Affairs Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2006 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Master's Degree in Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1991 - May 1993, Contract Programmer and Community Planner, 384th Civil Engineer Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kan.
2. May 1993 - May 1994, Deputy Chief, Environmental Flight, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea
3. June 1994 - July 1996, Chief, Readiness Flight, and Environmental Engineer, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan
4. August 1996 - June 1998, Air Force Intern, Office of the Civil Engineer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Environmental Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
5. July 1998 - November 2001, Housing Investment and Privatization Program Manager, Deputy Chief of Protocol & Aide de Camp to the Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
6. November 2001 - October 2002, Aide de Camp to the Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
7. October 2002 - October 2003, Legislative Fellow, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
8. November 2003 - May 2004, Legislative Affairs Program Manager, Civil Engineer Directorate, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
9. May 2004 - July 2006, Operations Flight Commander, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
10. July 2006 - July 2008, Commander, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
11. July 2008 - June 2009, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2009 - July 2010, Chief, Basing, Facilities and Environmental Division, U.S. Forces-Iraq J7 Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq
13. August 2010 - September 2012, Vice Commander, 75th Air Base Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
14. September 2012 - January 2013, Special Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Sustainment Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Hill AFB, Utah
15. January 2013 - present, Commander, 75th Air Base Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Army Corps of Engineers Bronze de Fleury Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1990
First Lieutenant October 1992
(Current as of January 2013)
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