BRIGADIER GENERAL CRAIG S. FERGUSON Brig. Gen. Craig S. Ferguson is the Assistant Vice Commander, Headquarters 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Fourth Air Force has command supervision of Air Force Reserve airlift and air refueling resources located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. He assists the commander to ensure the combat readiness of 12 flying wings and two regional support groups with more than 24,000 assigned personnel. General Ferguson was commissioned through Officer Training School and served on active duty from 1970 to 1975 and joined the Reserve in 1976. He became an Air Reserve Technician in January 1982. He has commanded an operations group and two fighter wings. The general is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in the F-4, F-105, F-16 and A-10. EDUCATION 1969 Bachelor's degree in financial administration, Michigan State University 1976 Master's degree in human resource management, University of Utah 1991 Air War College ASSIGNMENTS 1. January 1971 - January 1972, student, undergraduate pilot training 2. January 1972 - September 1972, student, F-4 Phantom II fighter training 3. September 1972 - September 1976, F-4 instructor pilot, 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany 4. September 1976 - August 1977, F-105 pilot, 507th Fighter Group, Tinker AFB, Okla. 5. August 1977 - June 1983, F-105 and F-4 instructor pilot, 301st Tactical Fighter Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas 6. June 1983 - June 1986, Chief of Standardization and Evaluation and operations officer, 93rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, and Chief of Safety, 482nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, Fla. 7. June 1986 - August 1987, Deputy Commander for Operations, 917th Tactical Fighter Group, Barksdale AFB, La. 8. August 1987 - July 1993, Operations Group Commander, 301st Fighter Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas 9. July 1993 - July 1994, Commander, 906th Fighter Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 10. August 1994 - July 1997, Commander, 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo. 11. August 1997 - September 2004, Commander, 944th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz. 12. September 2004 - present, Assistant Vice Commander, Headquarters 4th Air Force, March ARB, Calif. FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 5,000 Aircraft flown: F-4, F-105, F-16 and A-10 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Medal Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Achievement Medal Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Combat Readiness Medal with silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Armed Forces Service Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal with gold hourglass EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Dec. 11, 1970 First Lieutenant June 11, 1972 Captain April 22, 1976 Major Dec. 11, 1984 Lieutenant Colonel June 16, 1989 Colonel Aug. 1, 1993 Brigadier General Jan. 15, 2003 (Current as of March 2006)