Maj. Gen. Bradley D. Spacy served as Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. He led an intermediate-level headquarters responsible for providing installation and mission support capabilities to 77 Air Force installations, nine major commands and two direct reporting units with an annual budget of approximately $10 billion. One of six centers assigned to Air Force Materiel Command, the unit’s cross-functional team integrates security forces, civil engineering, base communications, logistics readiness, installation ministry programs, services, operational acquisition and financial management across 10 detachments and four primary subordinate units. Those units are the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Air Force Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Air Force Security Forces Center and Air Force Services Center.
Maj. Gen. Spacy is a 1987 ROTC distinguished graduate from Fresno State University in Fresno, California. He has commanded a security forces squadron and the United States Air Force Honor Guard. As the Director of Force Protection for U.S. Central Command Air Forces Forward during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Maj. Gen. Spacy created, planned and participated in Operation Desert Safeside/Task Force 1041, an offensive ground combat operation to kill or capture insurgent forces in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Spacy is a graduated Mission Support Group and two-time Wing Commander. He commanded the 375th Mission Support Group, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and 81st Training Wing, Keesler AFB, Mississippi. Maj. Gen. Spacy served as the Chief, Senate Liaison Office, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, where he was responsible for congressional legislative affairs in the U.S. Senate, articulating Air Force priorities and programs to senators and staff members. Maj. Gen. Spacy also served as the Director of Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Prior to his assignment as AFIMSC Commander, Maj. Gen. Spacy served as the AFIMSC Director of Expeditionary Support. In that role, he and his team were responsible for delivering worldwide expeditionary installation and mission support capabilities to customers at the headquarters, major command and installation levels.
EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Fresno State University, Fresno, Calif.
1988 Security Police Officers' Course (Top Gun Award), Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
1989 Air Base Ground Defense Officers' Course (Distinguished Graduate, Top Gun Award), Fort Dix, N.J.
1992 Air Education and Training Command Technical Training Instructor Course (Distinguished Graduate, Excellence in Teaching Award), Lackland AFB, Texas
1992 Air Base Ground Defense Command Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
1993 U.S. Army Air Assault School, Camp Gruber, Okla.
1993 Squadron Officer School (Top Graduate/Commandant’s Trophy, Outstanding Contributor), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 Master of Science, Education, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
1999 U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, Va.
2002 National Defense Fellow, Institute for National Security Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2006 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2008 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2008 Strategic Leader Course, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2010 Senior Executive Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1988 - April 1990, Officer in Charge, Security Police Resources and Training; Air Base Ground Defense Officer, 35th Security Police Squadron, George Air Force Base, Calif.
2. April 1990 - June 1991, Air Base Ground Defense Flight Leader, 35th Fighter Wing Forward, operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
3. June 1991 - June 1992, Assistant Operations Officer, 35th Security Police Squadron, George AFB, Calif.
4. June 1992 - July 1994, Instructor and Course Chief, Air Base Defense Command Course, 343rd Technical Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
5. July 1994 - June 1996, Executive Officer to the Commander, 2nd Air Force, Keesler AFB, Miss.
6. June 1996 - July 1998, Commander, 47th Security Forces Squadron, Laughlin AFB, Texas
7. July 1998 - June 1999, Student, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Quantico, Va.
8. June 1999 - July 2001, Commander, U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.
9. July 2001 - June 2002, National Defense Fellow, Institute of National Security Studies, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
10. July 2002 - July 2004, Chief, Joint Staff Security Office, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. July 2004 - June 2005, Director, Force Protection Air Forces Central Forward, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
12. June 2005 - June 2006, Chief, Operations and Force Protection Division, Directorate of Security Forces, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. July 2006 - July 2008, Commander, 375th Mission Support Group, Scott AFB, Ill.
14. July 2008 - June 2010, Commander, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. June 2010 - May 2012, Chief, Senate Liaison Office, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, Va.
16. May 2012 - August 2013, Commander, 81st Training Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss.
17. September 2013 - July 2015, Director of Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein AB, Germany
18. July 2015 – July 2016, Director of Expeditionary Support, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
19. July 2016 – present, Commander, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2002 - July 2004, Chief, Joint Staff Security Office, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal with star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with three campaign stars
Iraqi Campaign Medal with star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal with Gold Border
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kingdom of Kuwait
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with combat "V" device and four oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 14, 1987
First Lieutenant Aug. 14, 1989
Captain Aug. 14, 1991
Major Sept. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2000
Colonel July 1, 2005
Brigadier General May 4, 2012
Major General July 1, 2016
(Current as of July 2019)