MAJOR GENERAL FRANK R. FAYKES Maj. Gen. Frank R. Faykes is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He is responsible for planning and directing Air Force budget formulations annually that total more than $136 billion. He leads a staff of civilian and military financial managers who develop, integrate and defend Air Force resource requests to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress. He manages and executes funding that supports military operations and Air Force priorities at the direction of the Secretary of Defense and Congress. General Faykes was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at Virginia Tech and entered active duty in 1976. He has served in comptroller and command positions at all management levels -- wing, major command and Air Force headquarters. Prior to assuming his current position, General Faykes was Director of Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In this position, he was responsible for the oversight of more than $40 billion of the Air Force budget. EDUCATION 1976 Bachelor's degree in economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 1980 Master's degree in management, Troy State University 1981 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1983 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1984 Comptroller Staff Officer Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas 1986 Professional Military Comptroller School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1987 National Security Management Course, by correspondence 1989 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 1993 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2001 Seminar XXI Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge ASSIGNMENTS 1. December 1976 - April 1978, management analysis officer, Strategic Communications Area, Offutt AFB, Neb. 2. May 1979 - May 1981, Chief, Cost and Management Analysis Branch, Comptroller Division, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain 3. June 1981 - June 1982, financial management student, Education-With-Industry Program, Eastern Airlines, Miami, Fla. 4. July 1982 - February 1985, Chief, Cost Factors Branch, and Budget Analyst and Executive Officer to the Comptroller, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 5. March 1985 - January 1989, action officer and budget analyst for operation and maintenance appropriation, Office of the Comptroller of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 6. January 1989 - June 1989, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 7. July 1989 - July 1992, Commander, 435th Comptroller Squadron, Rhein-Main AB, Germany 8. July 1992 - June 1993, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 9. June 1993 - February 1996, Chief, Finance, Plans and Programs Division, and Chief, Budget Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 10. February 1996 - August 1999, Comptroller, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany 11. September 1999 - July 2002, Director of Budget Operations and Personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Washington, D.C. 12. August 2002 - June 2005, Director of Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 13. July 2005 - August 2005, special assistant to the acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 14. September 2005 - present, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Achievement Medal National Defense Service Medal OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 1980 Cost and Management Analysis Officer of the Year, U.S. Air Forces in Europe 1991 Comptroller Squadron of the Year Award, Military Airlift Command 2004 Certified Defense Financial Manager EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Dec. 9, 1976 First Lieutenant Dec. 2, 1978 Captain Dec. 2, 1980 Major May 1, 1986 Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 1990 Colonel Feb. 1, 1995 Brigadier General Sept. 1, 2000 Major General Sept. 1, 2004 (Current as of October 2007)