Brig. Gen. Luke Teel is the senior U.S. military officer in Canada and serves as Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Joint Force Air Component Commander for 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba. He assumes command of coalition forces assigned to Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command Region in the Canadian Commander’s absence. Brig. Gen. Teel leads force employment of airpower, while ensuring the region’s battle staff, air operations center, flying units, radar sensors, intelligence and joint, all-domain command-and-control assets provide joint air, space and maritime warning and control.
Brig. Gen. Teel commissioned in 2001 from the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics. After completing a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, he attended the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. He has served as an Evaluator Pilot and wing Weapons Officer. He commanded at the squadron and wing level and has served in the Pentagon as an Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of the Air Force and a Senior Plans Advisor to the Secretary of Defense.
Brig. Gen. Teel is a command pilot with over 3,000 hours. He has 650 combat hours over Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and the Horn of Africa. Prior to assuming his current position, Brig. Gen. Teel was the Commander of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Science, Economics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2003 Master of Public Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2010 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Master of Operational Studies, Marine Corps Univ. School of Advanced Warfighting, Quantico, Va.
2018 Master of National Security Strategy, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
2023 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2001–June 2003, Graduate Student, JFK School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2. July 2003–January 2005, Student, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
3. February 2005–November 2005, F-15E Student Pilot, 334th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, N.C.
4. November 2005–June 2009, F-15E Evaluator Pilot/ Training Officer, Weapons Officer and Flight Commander, 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
5. July 2009–December 2009, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
6. January 2010–April 2011, Weapons and Tactics Flight Commander, 492nd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom
7. May 2011–December 2011, Wing Weapons Officer, 48th Operation Support Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom
8. January 2012–June 2013, Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. July 2013–June 2014, Student, School of Advanced Warfighting, Marine Corps University, Quantico, Va.
10. August 2014–June 2015, Director of Operations/ F-15E Evaluator Pilot, 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, N.C.
11. June 2015–June 2017, Commander/ F-15E Evaluator Pilot, 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, N.C.
12. July 2017–May 2018, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
13. June 2018–June 2020, Senior Plans Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
14. July 2020–March 2022, Deputy Commander for Operations, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
15. March 2022–May 2022, Vice Commander, 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
16. May 2022–March 2024, Commander, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, N.C.
17. April 2024–October 2024, Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia
18. October 2024–July 2025, Director of Operations, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), Shaw AFB, S.C.
19. August 2025–present, Deputy Commander, Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Region, and Deputy Joint Forces Air Component Commander, 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2018–June 2020, Senior Plans Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,000
Aircraft flown: F-15E
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Superior Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Combat Action Medal
(Current as of October 2025)