BRIGADIER GENERAL MICHAEL A. LONGORIA Brig. Gen. Michael A. Longoria is the Commander, 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. General Longoria entered the Air Force in 1979 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. His commands have included an air expeditionary wing, an air expeditionary group, an air support operations group, a combat control squadron and a special tactics squadron, including the East Coast jump/aerial demonstration team. He led Air Force special tactics elements in Operation Just Cause, and was a mission commander in Operation Desert Storm. He has also led humanitarian and other special missions in the Caribbean, Honduras, El Salvador, Northern Africa and Somalia; special operations reconnaissance support missions in Operation Allied Force; and forward air control operations in Afghanistan. For Operation Enduring Freedom he was an expeditionary group commander and Director, Air/Ground Combat Center, Combined Forces Land Component Command. He also commanded the 484th Air Expeditionary Wing during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Additionally, General Longoria was the Commanding General for the Joint Interagency Task Force, High Value Individuals, Multi-National Force-Iraq. In his career, he has been assigned to and in support of the following sister service units: 5th and 7th Special Forces Groups, 75th Ranger Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Marine Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, U.S. Army Special Operations Command and U.S. Third Army. His staff assignments include the White House, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command and Headquarters Military Airlift Command. He has also served as a National Defense Fellow on Capitol Hill publishing reports to Congress, and special assistant for Air Force Cyber Command issues to the Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Air Combat Command. EDUCATION 1979 Bachelor of Science degree in international affairs and economics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1983 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1984 Master of Science degree in organizational communication, University of Northern Colorado 1985 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1992 Master of Arts degree in national security, College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 1993 Master of Arts degree in airpower art and science, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1998 National Defense Fellow, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 2004 Senior Executive Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 1979 - June 1980, adviser to the Registrar, Minority Affairs, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2. June 1980 - June 1982, student, special operations combat control training schools 3. June 1982 - November 1983, combat controller, 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 4. November 1983 - June 1986, Chief, Combat Control and Pararescue Division, Headquarters 23rd Air Force, Scott AFB, Ill. (November 1985 - June 1986, Commander, Pararescue Military Freefall Training Team) 5. June 1986 - November 1988, Chief, Combat Analysis Division (Volant Spotlight), Scott AFB, Ill. 6. November 1988 - June 1991, operations officer, 1723rd Combat Control Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (December 1989 - January 1990, Operation Just Cause; August 1990 - April 1991, operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm) 7. June 1991 - June 1992, student, College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 8. June 1992 - June 1993, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 9. June 1993 - June 1994, politico-military officer, Strategy Division ("Skunk Works"), Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 10. June 1994 - November 1994, special military adviser on Cuban Affairs to the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 11. November 1994 - June 1995, Director, Democracy Issues, National Security Council Staff, the White House, Washington, D.C. 12. June 1995 - June 1996, Commander, 23rd Combat Control Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C. 13. June 1996 - June 1997, Commander, 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C. 14. July 1997 - July 1998, National Defense Fellow, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 15. July 1998 - September 1999, Assistant for Special Reconnaissance, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. 16. September 1999 - September 2000, Director, Combating Terrorism, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. 17. September 2000 - July 2001, special assistant to the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla. 18. July 2001 - January 2003, Commander, 18th Air Support Operations Group, Pope AFB, N.C. (December 2001 - June 2002, Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Group, later, 18th Air Expeditionary Group, Southwest Asia) 19. January 2003 - August 2003, Commander, 484th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia 20. September 2003 - August 2004, Deputy Director, Plans and Programs, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va. 21. August 2004 - December 2005, Director, Joint Air/Ground Combat Office, ACC, Langley AFB, Va. 22. January 2006 - September 2006, Commanding General, Joint Interagency Task Force, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq 23. December 2006 - October 2007, special assistant for Air Force Cyber Command issues to the Director of Plans and Programs (A5), Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va. 24. October 2007 - January 2008, Commander, Detachment 5, Headquarters 9th Air Force, Moody AFB, Ga. 25. January 2008 - present, Commander, 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody AFB, Ga. BADGES Master Parachutist with combat star; Military Freefall; Underwater Special Forces Military Diver (Dive Supervisor); SCUBA FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Non-rated aircrew member, active freefall and static line parachutist; 75 combat support missions and 545 parachute jumps, including combat jump Aircraft: MC-130E/P/H, C-130E, AC-130H, MH-53, MH-60, CH-47, RC-12, E-8 and E-3 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal with "V" device and four oak leaf clusters Gallant Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and silver oak leaf cluster PUBLICATIONS "Tiered Readiness (Tactical Air and Ground Forces)," Congressional Research Service Report to Congress, September 1997 "B-2 Bomber: Current Debate and Future Long-Range Airpower Issues for Congress," CRS Report to Congress, July 14, 1998 EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 30, 1979 First Lieutenant May 30, 1981 Captain May 30, 1983 Major Dec. 1, 1989 Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 1995 Colonel March 1, 2000 Brigadier General July 18, 2006 (Current as of January 2008)