BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES S. BROWNE Brig. Gen. James S. Browne is Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, La. General Browne provides policy, guidance, and advocates for resources for AFGSC’s nuclear and conventional forces. He is responsible for operations, training, exercises, testing, and evaluation of three Minuteman III ICBM wings, two B-52 wings, one B-2 bomb wing, and three UH-N1 helicopter squadrons. He directs command center operations and crisis action team activities, monitors and assesses unit readiness, and executes taskings in support of the Air Expeditionary Force. General Browne is a distinguished graduate from the United States Air Force Academy as well as a Guggenheim and National Defense Fellow. He is an F-15 weapons school graduate and instructor. The general has served in various capacities in ten flying wings and been a commander of an operational fighter squadron, an air expeditionary operations group and two fighter wings. His staff experience includes the Headquarters Air Staff, the Secretary of the Air Force Staff, the Joint Staff and Global Strike Command. His flying and staff assignments span Alaska, Europe, the Pacific, Southwest Asia and the continental U.S. General Browne is a command pilot with more than 3,300 flying hours to include more than 700 combat hours. He has led combat missions over Iraq in support of operations Provide Comfort, Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom as well as Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Prior to his current assignment, he was Commander, 325th Fighter Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Tyndall AFB, Fla. He led a fighter wing of more than 4,000 personnel who train F-22 pilots, air battle managers, intelligence officers, maintainers and other support specialists for worldwide assignment to combatant Air Force units. EDUCATION 1986 Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1987 Master of Science in Flight Structural Engineering, Columbia University, New York City 1993 Weapons Instructor Course, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 1995 Squadron Officer's School (by correspondence) 1998 Master of Military Arts and Science, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 1998 U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 2002 Air War College (by correspondence) 2003 National Defense Fellowship, Department of State's Senior Seminar, Arlington, Va. 2006 Joint Professional Military Education Phase II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 2006 Leading for Organizational Impact Seminar, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C. 2012 Senior Leader Nuclear Management Course, United States Air Force Counterproliferation Center, Air University, Kirtland AFB, N.M. ASSIGNMENTS 1. May 1986 - May 1987, Guggenheim Fellowship, Air Force Institute of Technology, Columbia University, New York City 2. June 1987 - June 1988, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams Air Force Base, Ariz. 3. October 1988 - March 1989, F-15C student pilot, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 4. March 1989 - June 1993, F-15 instructor pilot and Standardization Evaluation Flight Examiner, 43rd Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 5. January 1993 - June 1993, student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 6. July 1993 - February 1994, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 53rd Fighter Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, Germany 7. February 1994 - June 1995, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 53rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany 8. July 1995 - May 1997, USAF Weapons School Instructor, Flight Commander, Assistant Operations Officer, Nellis AFB, Nev. 9. June 1997 - June 1998, Student, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 10. June 1998 - May 2000, Air-to-Air Missile Program Manager, Directorate of Operational Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force; Chief of Fighter Programs, Executive Officer, Directorate of Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 11. June 2000 - May 2001, Operations Officer, 44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena AB, Japan 12. May 2001 - May 2002, Commander, 67th Fighter Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena, AB, Japan 13. August 2002 - June 2003, National Defense Fellow, Department of State's 45th Senior Seminar, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Va. 14. September 2003 - September 2004, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Operations Group, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar 15. September 2004 - November 2004, Deputy Chief, Joint Capabilities Division, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 16. November 2004 - August 2006, Chief, Joint Staff Quadrennial Defense Review Coordination Office, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 17. August 2006 - January 2007, Vice Commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va. 18. January 2007 - September 2007, Executive Officer to the Air Force Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 19. September 2007 - February 2009, Commander, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho 20. February 2009 - December 2009, Director Air Force Colonels Management Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force; the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 21. December 2009 - September 2011, Commander, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 22. September 2011 - present, Director of Operations, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La. SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. September 2004 - November 2004, Deputy Chief, Joint Capabilities Division, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., as a colonel 2. November 2004 - August 2006, Chief, Joint Staff Quadrennial Defense Review Coordination Office, J-8, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., as a colonel FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command Pilot Total Flight Hours: More than 3,300 Aircraft Flown: F-15A/B/C/D/E, F-22, B-2, B-52H, UH-1N MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit, two oak leaf clusters Bronze Star Medal Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal, three oak leaf clusters Air Medal, four oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Achievement Medal Air Force Combat Action Medal Air Force Combat Readiness Medal, four oak leaf clusters 1994 Top Gun, William Tell World-Wide Air-to-Air Competition 1994 USAFE Aviator of the Year EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 28, 1986 First Lieutenant May 28, 1988 Captain May 28, 1990 Major August 1, 1996 Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1999 Colonel August 1, 2003 Brigadier General May 7, 2010 (Current as of September 2013)