BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES R. HOGUE Brig. Gen. James R. Hogue is the mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. He is responsible for the integration of Air Force Reserve Command assets supporting Flight Test Center activities. The center directs the development, test, and evaluation of manned and unmanned aircraft systems; the testing of experimental and research aerospace vehicles and parachute systems as well as aerodynamic deceleration devices; the operation of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; and the development, control and operation of the Edwards Flight Test Range. General Hogue graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1976. He has flown the C-141A at McChord AFB, Wash., including airlift missions throughout the Far East and Europe, and the CT-39A at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As a special air mission instructor pilot, he flew from as far north as Bodo, Norway, to as far south as Nairobi, Kenya, landing at more than 170 different civilian and military airports in between. Following his three and a half years in Germany, he returned to the U.S. Air Force Academy, serving as head coach of both the men's water polo team and the men's and women's swimming teams. During this time, he amassed more than 900 hours flying the UV-18B for the Wings of Blue, the U.S. Air Force Academy cadet parachute team. The general left active duty in 1989, holding various positions in the Admission Liaison Officer Program in Kentucky and California and serving as the Director of the Academy Liaison Officer Program in Indiana. His commands include an active-duty group, the 88th Mission Support Group, and the 438th Air Expeditionary Group in Southwest Asia. He has also served as Vice Commander of the 88th Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, for three months. General Hogue is a command pilot with more than 14,000 hours in more than 25 different aircraft. As a civilian, he is a pilot for a major airline. EDUCATION 1976 Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1977 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1985 Air Command Staff College, by correspondence 1988 Master of Arts and Science degree in computer resource management, Webster University, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1998 Air War College, by correspondence 2002 Reserve Component National Security Course, Leesburg, Va. ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1976 - December 1976, personnel action officer, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 2. January 1977 - January 1978, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz. 3. February 1978 - April 1978, C-141A upgrade training, Altus AFB, Okla. 4. May 1978 - June 1980, C-141A pilot, 8th Military Airlift Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash. 5. June 1980 - July 1980, CT-39A upgrade training, Scott AFB, Ill. 6. July 1980 - June 1983, CT-39A special air missions instructor pilot, 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany 7. June 1983 - June 1987, Director, Computer Division; head coach, men's water p and men's and women's swimming, Department of Athletics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 8. June 1987 - July 1989, UV-18 instructor pilot, Detachment 1, 94th Air Training Squadron, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 9. August 1989 - June 1992, admissions liaison officer, Kentucky 10. June 1992 - June 1996, Deputy Director, Admissions Liaison Officer Program, Riverside, Calif. 11. June 1996 - July 1999, Deputy Director, Admissions Liaison Officer Program, Kentucky 12. July 1999 - February 2004, Director, Admissions Liaison Officer Program, Indiana 13. July 2001 - October 2002, individual mobilization augmentee to the Director, Mobility System Program Office, Aeronautical System Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 14. October 2002 - March 2003, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, 88th Mission Support Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 15. March 2003 - July 2003, Commander, 88th Mission Support Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 16. July 2003 - September 2004, senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 17. August 2003 - December 2003, Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Group, Southwest Asia 18. September 2004 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif. FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 3,200 military hours; 11,000 civilian hours Aircraft flown: Military: : T-37, T-38A/C, C-141A, UV-18B, C-17,B-2, B-52H, C-5A/M, C-130H, UH-16, KC-10, KC-135R, RC-135S, UH-72, UH-1N and RQ-4A; Civilian: DC-10, B737, B757, B767, B747-400 and B777 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass and two "M" devices PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS 2008 Test and Evaluation, Level III 2009 Program Management, Level l 2009 Systems, Planning, Research, Development and Engineering, Level ll EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 2, 1976 First Lieutenant June 2, 1978 Captain June 2, 1980 Major Aug. 1, 1987 Lieutenant Colonel June 2, 1997 Colonel July 1, 2001 Brigadier General Dec. 21, 2006 (Current as of December 2011)