BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN L. LANNING

Brig. Gen. Stephen L. Lanning is Director, Logistics and Warfighting Integration, Chief Information Officer and Chief Sustainment Officer, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.  He is responsible for logistics and communications policy, plans, architectures, integration, space systems sustainment, interoperability, resource management, system management, business process reengineering, and security of logistics and communications and information systems and programs. The general also manages assigned satellite systems as established by Joint Staff policies, as well as oversight and guidance of the command's Communications Support Squadron, a field operating agency aligned under Headquarters AFSPC's Directorate of Logistics and Communications. He directs the resources for all command activities associated with maintenance, munitions, transportation, supply and logistics plans. He also determines logistics requirements to sustain missile and spacelift, helicopters and support equipment at required readiness levels.

General Lanning was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1977. He holds a Master Space Operations Badge, Master Communications and Information Badge, Senior Missile Operations Badge and Basic Logistics Badge. His early assignments include staff positions at the Pentagon as well as Headquarters U.S. Space Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command. He has commanded a space surveillance squadron, space group and a space wing.

General Lanning served as the Deputy Director for Operations, U.S. Space Command, during operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle to accomplish space support, space control, force enhancement, force application, computer network defense and computer network attack. During Operation Enduring Freedom, General Lanning was also deployed as the Assistant Combat Air Operations Center Director for Space and Information Operations, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, and as the Deputy Director for Operations, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Fla. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he planned and managed the Department of Defense's worldwide, long-haul communications systems and computing services, and he served as policy manager for the U.S. Special Communications program.

EDUCATION
1977 Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1982 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1983 Master's degree in business administration, Golden Gate University, Calif.
1983 Marine Corps Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1985 Air Force Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1989 Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
1993 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Senior Executive Fellows Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2003 Capstone Executive Course, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1977 - August 1982, Titan II missile crew officer, 390th Strategic Missile Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
2. September 1982 - September 1983, Air Staff Training, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
3. October 1983 - May 1986, plans and programs officer, later, executive officer to Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters Air Force Space Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Colorado Springs, Colo.
4. June 1986 - January 1989, Chief, Space Systems Branch, Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaison, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
5. January 1989 - June 1989, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
6. August 1989 - February 1990, space operations officer, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
7. March 1990 - June 1992, Assistant Director, Commander in Chief's Group, later, Chief, Politico-Military Affairs and Program Force Development, Directorate of Plans, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
8. August 1992 - June 1993, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 1993 - June 1995, Commander, 1st Space Surveillance Squadron, Verona, N.Y.
10. June 1995 - May 1996, executive officer to Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
11. May 1996 - March 1998, Commander, 821st Space Group, Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colo.
12. April 1998 - May 1999, Chief, Operations Division, Space Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, Colo.
13. June 1999 - June 2001, Commander, 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
14. July 2001 - July 2002, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters U.S. Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
15. August 2002 - November 2003, Deputy Principal Director for Network Services, later, Principal Director for Network Services, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va.
16. November 2003 - August 2005, Principal Director for Global Information Grid Combat Support, DISA, Arlington, Va.
17. August 2005 - September 2005, special assistant to the Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
18. October 2005 - present, Director, Logistics and Warfighting Integration, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

BADGES
Master Space Operations Badge
Master Communications and Information Badge
Senior Missile Operations Badge
Basic Logistics Badge

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster 
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters 
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)
Air Force Training Ribbon

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 1, 1977
First Lieutenant June 1, 1979
Captain June 1, 1981
Major March 1, 1988
Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 1992
Colonel Dec. 1, 1997
Brigadier General Oct. 1, 2003


(Current as of September 2006)