Brig. Gen. Mike Zuhlsdorf serves as the Director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. He is responsible for oversight, policy, guidance, training and resources in support of 45,000 PACAF personnel in 10 wings and three numbered air forces. Additionally, he manages aircraft maintenance, munitions, transportation, supply, fuels, civil engineering, anti-terrorism and force protection to support 396 total force combat aircraft and $42.3 billion of infrastructure. He directly supports deployment, basing, sustainment and redeployment of Air Force component forces across the spectrum of engagements and operations throughout the theater.
Brig. Gen. Zuhlsdorf enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1986, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. He then entered the Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program in 1994 where he graduated and commissioned in 1997 as a Distinguished Graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps through the College of Civil Engineering. He has served in a variety of positions to include the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Headquarters Air Force, Headquarters Space Force, major command, and base level. He is a National Defense University Eisenhower School graduate and an Air Force Fellow in the Strategic Policy Intern program. He is a graduated Joint Base and Wing Commander, two-time Mission Support Group Commander, two-time Civil Engineer Squadron Commander, and has deployed four times in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
EDUCATION
1986 Honor Graduate, Basic Military Training, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas,
1986 Distinguished Graduate, Environmental Support Technical Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
1989 Noncommissioned Officer Preparatory School, TAF, Okla.
1991 Associate of Arts in General Studies, Rose State College, Midwest City, Okla.
1991 Noncommissioned Officer Leadership School, AFB, Okla.
1992 Associate of Science, Environmental Technologies, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 ROTC Distinguished Graduate, Bachelor of Environmental Science, College of Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman
1999 Master of Science, Management (Human Resources), Troy State University, Troy, Ala.
2002 Graduate of Environmental and Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
2002 Top Third Flight, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2010 Air Force Fellow, Strategic Policy Intern (IDE), National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.
2011 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2015 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy (SDE), The Eisenhower School, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2019 USAF Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill
2021 Air Force Office of Special Investigation Senior Leader Security Seminar, Montross, Va.
2022 USAF Impact Immersive Experience, Denver, Colo.
2022 USAF China, East Asia, Oceania, Indo-Pacific Command Seminar, Alan J. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
2023 USAF Africa Demographics, Resources, and Governance Seminar; Alan J. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
2023 Logistics & Technology (LOGTECH) Executive, Institute for Defense & Business, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill
2023 Artificial Intelligence for National Security Leaders, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1986–January 1994, Enlisted - Environmental Support Specialist, 2854th Civil Engineer Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
2. February 1997–July 2000, Resource Management Engineer, Project Programmer and Commander, Readiness Flight, 355th CES, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
3. August 2000–June 2002, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. July 2002–August 2003, Commander, Readiness Flight, 8th CES, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
5. August 2003–June 2006, Chief, Maintenance Engineering, 52nd CES, Spangdahlem AB, Germany; Engineering Flight Commander, 506th Air Expeditionary Group, Kirkuk AB, Iraq; Engineering Flight Commander, 376 Air Expeditionary Wing, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan; and Deputy Engineering Flight Commander, 52nd CES, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
6. July 2006–July 2009, Integrated Mission Support Program Manager, Directorate of Installations and Mission Support (Headquarters Air Combat Command), Langley AFB, Va.; Deputy Area Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Balad AB, Iraq; Chief, Garrison Support Branch, Expeditionary Combat Support Division, Directorate of Installations and Mission Support (HQ ACC), Langley AFB, Va.; and Executive Officer, Installations and Mission Support (HQ ACC), Langley AFB, Va.
7. July 2009–June 2010, IDE Fellow-Strategic Policy Intern, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. July 2010–January 2011, Commander, 451st Expeditionary CES, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan
9. January 2011–June 2012, AF/A7C Installation Support Panel Office Coordinator, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. June 2012–July 2014, Commander, 11th CES Joint Base Andrews, Md.
11. July 2014–June 2015, Student, Eisenhower School, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2015–June 2017, Senior Military Assistant to the Director, Defense Technology Security Administration, Mark Center, Alexandria, Va.
13. June 2017–June 2018, Commander, 8th Mission Support Group, Kunsan AB, South Korea
14. July 2018–July 2019, Chief, Readiness Division, HAF/A4C, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
15. July 2019–February 2020, Commander, 11th MSG, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
16. February 2020–June 2020, Vice Commander and Air Force Element Commander, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C.
17. June 2020–September 2021, Commander, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and Commander, 11th Wing, Washington, D.C.
18. October 2021–July 2022, U.S. Space Force S4O (Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection), USSF/S4, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
19. August 2022–June 2024, Deputy Director Resource Integration, HAF/A4P, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
20. July 2024–present, Director, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2015–June 2017, Senior Military Assistant to the Director, Defense Technology Security Administration, Office of the Secretary of Defense-Policy, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit Medal wit two oak leaf clusters
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
(Current as of July 2024)