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BRIGADIER GENERAL STAYCE D. HARRIS
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Brig. Gen. Stayce D. Harris is the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. As Air Mobility Command's sole warfighting numbered air force, 18th Air Force is responsible for the command's worldwide operational mission of providing rapid, global mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces through airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and contingency response. With more than 39,000 active-duty Airmen, Reservists and civilians and approximately 1,300 aircraft, the 18th Air Force manages the global air mobility enterprise through the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), 11 wings and two stand-alone groups.
General Harris received a commission in the Air Force through the University of Southern California's Air Force ROTC program. She served on active duty until joining the Air Force Reserve in 1991. Her staff assignments include serving as a mobility force planner for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations and as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. She has commanded an airlift squadron, an expeditionary operations group and an air refueling wing. In her civilian occupation, she is a commercial airline pilot flying routes to Asia and the Middle East.
EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and systems engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1987 Master of Aviation Management degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1988 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2000 Air War College, by correspondence
2006 Director of Mobility Forces Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2007 Joint Force Reserve Orientation Course, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
2009 Senior Leader Executive Course, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2010 Senior Executives for National and International Security, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2010 Capstone General and Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2012 Fellow, Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ASSIGNMENTS
1. April 1982 - October 1983, Squadron Section Commander, Chief of Industrial Engineering, 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
2. November 1983 - October 1984, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
3. November 1984 - February 1985, C-141B Initial Qualification Course, Altus AFB, Okla.
4. March 1985 - August 1990, Airlift Operations Officer and C-141B Aircraft Commander, 63rd Airlift Control Squadron; Squadron Executive Officer and Chief of Training, 14th Military Airlift Squadron, Norton AFB, Calif.
5. March 1991 - February 1995, Air Operations Officer and C-141B Pilot, 445th Airlift Control Flight, 445th Airlift Wing, March AFB, Calif.
6. February 1995 - January 1997, Mobility Force Planner, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
7. January 1997 - January 2000, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. February 2000 - January 2001, Reserve Deputy Commander, 452nd Operations Group, March ARB, Calif.
9. January 2001 - April 2002, Commander, 729th Airlift Squadron, March ARB, Calif.
10. May 2002 - May 2005, Vice Commander, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla. (July 2003 - October 2003, Commander, 494th Air Expeditionary Group, Morón Air Base, Spain)
11. May 2005 - August 2008, Commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, Andrews AFB, Md.
12. August 2008 - July 2009, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
13. July 2009 - July 2012, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U. S. Africa Command, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. July 2012 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott AFB, Ill.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2009 - July 2012, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U. S. Africa Command, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 2,500 hours in military aircraft
Aircraft flown: KC-135R, C-141B/C, T-38 and T-37
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze hourglass
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Air Force Association
Reserve Officers Association
Airlift/Tanker Association
Air Force Sergeants Association
Tuskegee Airmen Inc.
American Legion
Women Military Aviators
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Feb. 13, 1982
First Lieutenant Feb. 13, 1984
Captain Feb. 13, 1986
Major March 5, 1993
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 18, 1998
Colonel April 1, 2002
Brigadier General April 2, 2009
(Current as of April 2013)
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