Brig. Gen. Erik N. Quigley serves as the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Bombers, Bombers Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for the sustainment and modernization of the bombers portfolio, which includes the B-1, B-2 and B-52. He is also responsible for organizing, training and equipping the Center’s B-21 System Program Office.
Brig. Gen. Quigley was commissioned in 1997 as a distinguished graduate from Utah State University’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program.
He has held various acquisition assignments at air logistics center, industry, program office, Air Staff, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, and Department of Defense levels. He managed various programs and weapons systems most recently as the Systems Director for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. He has led at the squadron, group and wing levels as a Materiel Leader and Senior Materiel Leader supporting the National Reconnaissance Office, the United States Space Systems Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. Brig. Gen. Quigley also deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science in Production Operations, Utah State University, Logan
1999 Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2009 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2015 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Science in National Resource Strategy, Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2017 Executive Program Managers Course, Defense Acquisition University, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1997–July 2000, Program Manager, F-16 Block 40/42 Avionics, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
2. August 2000–June 2001, Student, Education with Industry, Boeing Company, St. Louis, Mo.
3. July 2001–May 2004, Program Manager, GPS ground receivers and security architecture, Global Positioning System Joint Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
4. May 2004–February 2006, Chief, Integration and Test Branch, Space Control Materiel Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
5. March 2006–July 2008, Chief, Mission Payload Branch, Imaging Intelligence Directorate, Headquarters National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.
6. August 2008–June 2009, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 2009–May 2010, Program Element Monitor, Airborne Networks, Information Dominance Directorate, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. May 2010–July 2011, Executive Officer to the Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. August 2011–August 2012, Chief, Foreign Military Sales Branch, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
10. August 2012–July 2014, Materiel Leader, Imagery Satellites, Imaging Intelligence Directorate, Headquarters National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.
11. August 2014–June 2015, Student, Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. June 2015–July 2016, Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. July 2016–June 2017, Chief, Advanced Concepts Division, Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.
14. July 2017–June 2018, Senior Materiel Leader, Global Positioning System Space Division, Global Positioning System Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, AFB, Calif.
15. June 2018–May 2020, Senior Materiel Leader, Aerospace Dominance Enabler Division, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Battle Management Directorate, Hill AFB, Utah
16. May 2020–July 2022, Director, Minuteman III Systems Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB, Utah
17. July 2022–July 2023, Director of Staff, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
18. July 2023–April 2024, Director, Digital Acceleration Task Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
19. April 2024–present, Program Executive Officer for Bombers, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal Afghanistan Campaign Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1989 Billy Mitchell Leadership Award, Civil Air Patrol
1997 Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Utah State University
2005 Company Grade Officer of the Year, Space and Missile Systems Center
2006 Under Secretary of the Air Force Engineering Team of the Year
2007 Lance Sijan Leadership Award
2009 Best Research Paper, Air Force Space Command
2012 Team of the year, Imagery Intelligence Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office
2018 David Packard Award for Acquisition Excellence, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
PUBLICATIONS
“Geo-Political Considerations to China’s Rise in Space Power,” Air University, April 2009
(Current as of April 2024)