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BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN T. DENKER
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Brig. Gen. Stephen T. Denker is the Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for command-wide strategic planning, programming, analyses and wargaming. He governs the Program Objective Memorandum process for the AFMC Agile Combat Support (ACS) Air Force Core Function and the Weapon Systems Sustainment components worth over $40 billion. Additional responsibilities include creation and annual update of the ACS Service Core Function Master Plan, command oversight of base realignment and closure, strategic basing, lessons learned, enterprise analyses and transformational activities.
General Denker entered the Air Force in 1986 after graduating from the University of Minnesota and receiving a commission as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He began his career as a spacecraft engineer at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., followed by acquisition assignments with the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, now known as the Missile Defense Agency, and the Special Programs organization at the Pentagon. General Denker's operations experience includes developmental test and evaluation activities and specialized operations on a variety of space and ground systems. He has commanded at the Squadron, Group and Wing level and has served as executive officer and deputy division chief on the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) staff.
Prior to his current assignment, General Denker served as the Commandant, Air Command and Staff College and Vice Commander, Spaatz Center for Officer Education, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. As Commandant, he led the world's premier in-residence and distance learning professional military education college for midcareer officers and civilians focused on the development of leaders.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics degree, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1988 Master of Science degree in systems management, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1991 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1995 Advanced Program Managers Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1997 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2009 Senior Executive Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2009 Air Force Senior Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
2012 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1986 - June 1991, kinetic energy weapons spacecraft engineer, flight test project officer and suborbital flight test manager, Kinetic Energy Weapons System Program Office, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
2. July 1991 - July 1993, Chief, Suborbital Flight Testing, Brilliant Pebbles Task Force, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
3. August 1993 - July 1995, executive officer and Deputy Chief, Special Programs Operations Division, Electronics and Special Programs, Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
4. August 1995 - October 1995, student, undergraduate space and missile training, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
5. November 1995 - July 1997, flight commander and squadron operations officer, Office of Special Projects, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Space), Onizuka AFB, Calif.
6. August 1997 - June 1998, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1998 - May 2001, Director of Operations and Commander, Advanced Systems Combined Task Force
8. June 2001 - May 2002, Deputy Director, Mission Operations Group, Office of Space Applications, Under Secretary of the Air Force, Buckley AFB, Colo.
9. June 2002 - June 2003, Commander, Space Operations Group, Office of Space Applications, Under Secretary of the Air Force, Buckley AFB, Colo.
10. August 2003 - August 2004, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
11. August 2004 - March 2006, Commander, 84th Specialized Management Squadron, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah
12. March 2006 - July 2009, Commander, Air Force Element; and Chief, Mission Engineering, Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, England
13. July 2009 - January 2011, Commander, Space Operations Wing, and Commander, Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado, Buckley AFB, Colo.
14. January 2011 - August 2012, Commandant, Air Command and Staff College and Vice Commander, Spaatz Center for Officer Education, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
15. August 2012 - present, Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2009 - January 2011, Commander, Aerospace Data Facility Colorado, Buckley AFB, Colo., as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
National Reconnaissance Office Medal of Distinguished Service
National Reconnaissance Office Medal of Superior Performance
National Security Agency Bronze Medallion
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Medallion for Excellence
National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Jan. 25, 1986
First Lieutenant Jan. 25, 1988
Captain Jan. 25, 1990
Major Sept. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2001
Colonel Aug. 1, 2005
Brigadier General June 7, 2011
(Current as of September 2012)
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