Brig. Gen. Angela F. Ochoa is the Director of Current Operations and Readiness, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. The directorate’s three divisions and one Field Operating Agency, Air Force Operations Group, are responsible for policy, guidance and oversight of Air Force current operations and readiness. The directorate provides time-sensitive situational awareness and analysis to Air Force senior leaders and links world-wide operations with core Air Force processes to enable global vigilance, reach and power.
Brig. Gen. Ochoa received her commission in 2001 from the U.S. Air Force Academy. She is a Command Pilot with global operational flying experience in operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Resolute Support, Freedom’s Sentinel and Volant Shogun. She served as a Joint Strategic Planner, Joint Exercises and Training Division, Directorate for Joint Force Development, Joint Staff. Brig. Gen. Ochoa served as an Air Force Fellow in the McConn Public Policy Internship at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. She led as the Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and served as the Commander, 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Science, Biology, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2008 Master of Science in Exercise Science, California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pa.
2011 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Master of Policy Management, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
2020 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2023 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Norfolk, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2002–September 2002, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 2002–February 2003, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas
3. September 2003–January 2007, Aircraft Commander, 517th Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
4. January 2007–May 2011, Wing Executive Officer, Evaluator Pilot, 50th Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark
5. May 2011–May 2013, Joint Strategic Planner, Joint Staff J-7, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
6. May 2013–May 2014, Air Force Fellow, McConn Public Policy Internship, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
7. May 2015–June 2016, Chief of Safety, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
8. June 2016–April 2018, Commander, 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark. (September 2017–January 2018, Commander, 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan)
9. May 2018–May 2020, Chief of Senior Leader Management, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
10. May 2020–June 2021, Vice Commander, 375th Air Mobility Wing, Scott AFB, Ill.
11. June 2021–June 2023, Commander, 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
12. August 2023–July 2025, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
13. August 2025–March 2026, Deputy Director, CSAF Unit of Action Implementation Task Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
14. March 2026–present, Director of Current Operations and Readiness, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 2011–May 2013, Joint Strategic Planner, Joint Staff J-7, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a major
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,000
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-44, C-21, C-32, C-130E/H1/H3 and C-130J
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters
AF Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and six oak leaf clusters
(Current as of May 2026)