Maj. Gen. Adrian K. White is the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He is the senior advisor to the commander for Air Force Reserve matters and is responsible for assisting the commander in day-to-day operations. The command serves as U.S. Transportation Command’s air component, executing the air mobility mission in support of the joint force, allies and partners with a fleet of nearly 1,100 aircraft. The command encompasses Eighteenth Air Force, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, the 618th Air Operations Center, 17 wings and two groups, which provide rapid global mobility from more than 100 locations worldwide. Nearly 107,000 active-duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Airmen and civilians comprise the air mobility Total Force, providing command and control of inter-theater and intra-theater airlift, air refueling, aeromedical evacuation, global air mobility support and presidential and senior leader air transport in support of national interests.
Maj. Gen. White received his commission in 1990 through the US Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia, as an Army Aviation Officer. After serving in the Army National Guard, he transferred to the Air National Guard in 1997 and then to the Air Force Reserve in 2001. He served in several positions in the ARNG as a battalion intelligence officer, platoon leader and battalion assistant operations officer. In the ANG and Air Force Reserve, he has served as a deployed squadron director of operations; deployed squadron commander in Southwest Asia; political-military planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff; battle watch captain for operations, European Command plans and operations center, joint operations center; Vice Commander, 349th Air Mobility Wing; Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa; Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center; and Commander, Task Force Liberty and 486th Air Expeditionary Wing, operation Allies Welcome. He has deployed in support of operations Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, New Dawn, Allies Refuge and Allies Welcome.
Prior to his current assignment, the general was the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command.
EDUCATION
1993 U.S. Army Aviation Officer Basic Course, Fort Rucker, Ala.
1997 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Spanish, California State University, Stanislaus
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2000 USAF Flight Safety Officer Course, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
2007 Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2008 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2010 Master of Science, Management, University of Maryland, University College, Adelphi
2011 Master of Business Administration, University of Maryland, University College, Adelphi.
2013 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Ft McNair, Washington, D.C.
2014 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (JPME-II), Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2015 Director of Mobility Forces, US Air Force Expeditionary Center, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2018 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019 Leading Strategically, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2023 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar, Warrenton, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1990–April 1992, CH-47 Battalion Intelligence Officer, 3rd Battalion 140th Aviation Regiment, Stockton, Calif.
2. April 1992–May 1993, student, U.S. Army Initial Entry Rotor Wing School and U.S. Army Aviation Officer Basic Course, Fort Rucker, Ala.
3. May 1993–April 1997, CH-47 pilot, pilot in command, Aviation Liaison Officer, Assistant Company Operations Officer, Assistant Platoon Leader, Platoon Leader Company G, 140th Aviation Regiment, Stockton, Calif.
4. April 1997–November 1997, CH-47 Assistant Battalion Operations Officer, 3rd Battalion 140th Aviation Regiment, Stockton, Calif.
5. November 1997–September 2001, HH-60 pilot, Flight Safety Officer, 129th Rescue Squadron, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif.
6. September 2001–September 2002, student, US Air Force Fixed Wing Transition Course, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
7. September 2002–February 2005, KC-10 aircraft commander, 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
(February 2003–November 2003, mobilized as KC-10 pilot 70th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia and 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Southwest Asia)
8. February 2005–September 2007, Flight Commander, instructor pilot, 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
9. September 2007–August 2012, Assistant Director of Operations, instructor pilot, 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif. (July 2008–September 2008, Director of Operations, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Southwest Asia, and May 2009–October 2009, Executive Officer, European Command Plans & Operation Center, Joint Operation Center, Patch Barracks, Germany)
10. August 2010–August 2011, Commander, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, Southwest Asia
11. August 2012–April 2014, Political-Military Planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-5 Middle East, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq Division, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
12. May 2014–Feb 2016, Battle Watch Captain for Operations, European Command, European Plans and Operation Center, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
13. March 2016–March 2018, Vice Commander, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif. (June 2017–November 2017, Commander, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif.)
14. March 2018–August 2020, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
15. August 2020–March 2022, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (August 2021–November 2021, Deputy Commander, Task Force Liberty, Operation Allies Welcome, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.)
16. November 2021–March 2022, Commander, Task Force Liberty and 486th Air Expeditionary Wing, Operation Allies Welcome, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
17. March 2022–July 2023, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Education and Training Command, JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
18. July 2023–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 2012–April 2014, Political-Military Planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-5 Middle East, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq Division, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel
2. May 2014–Feb 2016, Battle Watch Captain for Operations, European Command, European Plans and Operation Center, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, as a Colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 5100 hours
Aircraft Flown: UH-1H, CH-47D, HH-60G, KC-10A, C-17A and C-5M
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Achievement Medal
(Current as of March 2024)