Brig. Gen. Abraham L. Jackson is the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. In this role, he advocates for intelligence policy and weapons system requirements to enable combat-ready Airmen to ensure rapid deployment and employment globally. The command provides conventional warfare forces to all unified commands to ensure air, cyber and information superiority for warfighters and national decision-makers. Brig. Gen. Jackson commissioned through Officer Training School in 1998, post-graduation from Fort Lewis College with a Bachelor of Political Science. He is a career Intelligence Officer.
Previously, Brig. Gen. Jackson commanded EUCOM/J2 Joint Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, where he led the indications and warning for the defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and all-source intelligence analysis in the campaign to deny and defeat the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Brig. Gen. Jackson has served in a variety of operations units, Air Staff positions, and commanded the 19th Weapons Squadron, United States Air Force Weapons School. He has deployed as a squadron intelligence officer, Joint Special Operations Air Component Intelligence Operations Chief, and as Deputy Chief, 609th Air Operations Center ISR Division in support of operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Resolute Support and Inherent Resolve. Prior to this assignment, Brig. Gen. Jackson served as the Chief, Futures and Concepts Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.
EDUCATION
2023 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2022 Executive Leadership Program in Managing for Inclusion, Georgetown Univ, Washington, D.C.
2019 National/International Security Leadership Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington, D.C.
2016 Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, R.I.
2011 School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2010 Air Command & Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Masters, Aeronautical Science, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
2005 Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 United States Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1998 Bachelors, Political Science, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1998–July 1999, Student, Intelligence Basic Course, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
2. July 1999–July 2001, Mission Planning, Intelligence Division, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
3. August 2001–June 2003, Chief, 13th Fighter Squadron Intelligence, Misawa Air Base, Japan
4. July 2003–December 2003, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
5. January 2004–July 2006, Chief, Intelligence Weapons and Tactics, 352nd Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
6. August 2006–July 2009, Instructor, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
7. August 2009–June 2010, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. July 2010–June 2011, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. July 2011–May 2013, Strategist and Chief, DCS ISR Action Group, Air Staff, Washington, D.C.
10. June 2013–June 2015, Commander, 19th Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
11. July 2015–June 2016, Student, Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, R.I.
12. July 2016–July 2017, Deputy Chief, 609th Air Operations Center ISR Division, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
13. July 2017–July 2018, Division Chief, DCGS and ETP Warfighting Ops, Air Staff, Washington, D.C.
14. August 2018–June 2020, Commander, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, Fort Gordon, Ga.
15. June 2020–July 2022, Commander, EUCOM/J2, Joint Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom
16. July 2022–June 2023, Chief, Futures and Concepts Division, Air Staff, Washington, D.C.
17. June 2023–present, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters ACC, JB Langley-Eustis, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2016–July 2017, Deputy Chief, 609th Air Operations Center ISR Division, Al Udeid AB, Qatar, as a lieutenant colonel
2. August 2018–June 2020, Commander, 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, Fort Gordon, Ga., as a colonel
3. June 2020–July 2022, Commander, EUCOM/J2, Joint Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, as a colonel
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
(Current as of August 2024)