Mr. Michael T. Brewer, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Test and Evaluation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. He is responsible for policy, resources and oversight of developmental and operational testing, and is the service lead for the Air Force Foreign Materiel Program. He oversees a $4 billion Air Force test infrastructure and the programming and execution of the Air Force test portfolio, with an annual budget of $1.9 billion.
Mr. Brewer received his commission in 1986 from North Carolina State University. He attended pilot training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, with follow-on operational assignments in the F-111F and F-15E at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, where he served as an Instructor and Evaluator Pilot. In 1996, Mr. Brewer completed U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Following TPS, he was assigned to the 445th Flight Test Squadron as an F-15 Experimental Test Pilot and he served in the F/A-22 system program office as a Test Program Manager. Mr. Brewer commanded an experimental test squadron and then served as Assistant for Global Positioning System and Navigation Warfare, Networks and Information Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, and commanded the 46th Test Wing, Arnold Engineering Development Center and the 412th Test Wing.
During his career, he has commanded at the squadron, group, wing and major command level. Mr. Brewer retired from the Air Force at the rank of major general in 2020 after 33 years of active duty. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2020. Prior to his assignment as Director of AF/TE, he was Director of Transportation Security Agency, Test and Evaluation.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
1988 Master of Science, International Relations, Troy State University, Ala.
1993 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1995 Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
2000 Distinguished Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Distinguished Graduate, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2006 National Security Management Course, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, N.Y.
2006 Air Force Enterprise Leader Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1986–December 1987, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 88th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
2. May 1988–November 1988, F-111D Aircraft Commander, 523rd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Cannon AFB, N.M.
3. November 1988–March 1989, F-111F Aircraft Commander, 495th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom
4. March 1989–June 1991, F-111F Aircraft Commander, 492nd TFS, RAF Lakenheath, U.K.
5. June 1991–January 1992, F-111F Instructor Pilot, 495th TFS, RAF Lakenheath, U.K.
6. January 1992–June 1992, F-111F Evaluation Pilot, 493rd TFS, RAF Lakenheath, U.K.
7. November 1992–April 1994, F-15E Aircraft Commander/Instructor Pilot, 492nd TFS, RAF Lakenheath, U.K.
8. April 1994–July 1995, Chief, Academics Division, 48th Operations Support Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, U.K.
9. July 1995–June 1996, Student, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
10. June 1996–August 1999, Flight Command and Assistant Operations Officer, 445th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
11. August 1999–June 2000, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
12. June 2000–June 2002, F-22 Test Program Manager, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
13. June 2002–July 2004, Commander, Classified Flight Test Squadron
14. July 2004–June 2005, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
15. June 2005–June 2007, Assistant for Global Positioning System and Navigation Warfare, Networks and Information Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
16. June 2007–June 2009, Vice Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center Detachment 3, Edwards AFB, Calif.
17. July 2009–July 2011, Commander, 46th Test Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
18. July 2011–July 2012, Commander, Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, Tenn.
19. July 2012–April, 2015, Commander, 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, Calif.
20. April 2015–May 2018, Director, Strategic Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analyses, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
21. May 2018–May 2020, Commander, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
22. May 2020–Feb 2022, Director of Test and Evaluation, Transportation Security Agency
23. March 2022–present, Director of Test and Evaluation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
PILOT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,200
Primary aircraft flown: F-111, F-15, F-16 and C-12
(Current as of October 2022)