BRIGADIER GENERAL KATHERINE E. ROBERTS Brig. Gen. Katherine E. Roberts is Director, Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition, National Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Chantilly, Va. General Roberts entered the Air Force in 1977 through the ROTC program at Indiana University where she was a distinguished graduate. Her assignments include space operations, acquisition of space systems and staff work. She was a manned space flight engineer, the program manager of a major acquisition program (group equivalent), stood up a materiel wing, and has served on the staffs at major command and unified command headquarters, Joint Staff and Office of the Secretary of Defense. The general served as the Vice Director of Operations at U.S. Space Command and the Vice Director for Space Operations at the new U.S. Strategic Command for the run-up and execution of Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Roberts also served as the Commander, Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Wing at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. Prior to assuming her current position, she was the special assistant to the Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Chantilly, Va. EDUCATION 1977 Distinguished graduate, Bachelor of Arts degree in physics, Indiana University 1978 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1981 Master of Science degree in space technology, Johns Hopkins University, Md. 1983 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1991 Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. 1995 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2004 Senior Capstone, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. January 1977 - August 1979, orbital analyst, Space Defense Center, Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, Colo. 2. August 1979 - January 1982, trajectory orbital research analyst and Chief, Tracking Analysis Work Center, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md. 3. January 1982 - April 1983, Chief, Data Recorder Division, Office of Special Projects, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 4. May 1983 - April 1986, manned spaceflight engineer, Space Division, Air Force Systems Command, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 5. April 1986 - October 1987, Chief, Spacecraft Integration and Flight Operations Division, Office of Special Projects, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 6. October 1987 - August 1988, Director, Spacecraft Division, Space and Missile Systems Division, Buckley Air National Guard Base, Colo. 7. September 1988 - May 1992, Deputy Director, Space Systems Integration, Office of Special Projects, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 8. May 1992 - February 1994, Chief, Space System Division, Defense Landsat Program Office, Office of Special Projects, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 9. February 1994 - August 1994, military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 10. August 1994 - June 1995, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 11. June 1995 - November 1997, operations officer, Operations Division, Deputy Directorate for Information Operations (J-3), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 12. November 1997 - May 2000, Program Manager, Space Based Infrared System-Low Component, Space Based Infrared System Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 13. May 2000 - October 2001, Chief, Space Control Division, Directorate of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 14. October 2001 - September 2002, Deputy Director of Requirements, Headquarters AFSPC, Peterson AFB, Colo 15. October 2002 - July 2003, Vice Director of Space Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. 16. July 2003 - August 2004, Deputy Commander for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Enterprise Integration, and the System Program Director for the Command and Control Constellation, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass. 17. August 2004 - January 2005, Director, later, Commander, Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Wing, ESC, Hanscom AFB, Mass. 18. January 2005 - December 2006, Principal Director for Forces Policy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces Policy, Washington, D.C. 19. December 2006 - May 2007, special assistant to the Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Chantilly, Va. 20. May 2007 - April 2008, Director, Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition and Operations, National Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Chantilly, Va. 21. April 2008 - present, Director, Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition, National Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Chantilly, Va. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Defense Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Jan. 15, 1977 First Lieutenant Jan. 15, 1979 Captain Jan. 15, 1981 Major April 1, 1988 Lieutenant Colonel April 1,1992 Colonel Dec. 1, 1997 Brigadier General July 1, 2004 (Current as of October 2008)