Brigadier General David A. Krumm is the Deputy Director for Requirements and Capability Development (J8), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. He is responsible for assisting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in identifying, assessing and approving joint military requirements to meet the national military strategy; and ensuring the consideration of trade-offs between cost, schedule, and performance objectives for those requirements. In this role, he orchestrates Joint Staff support of the capabilities development process through the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System. He also oversees the validation of joint urgent operational needs leading to the fielding of rapid solutions for combatant commanders. Additionally, as the Chair of the Force Application Functional Capabilities Board, he oversees and advocates for changes to the maneuver and engagement capabilities of the Force Application Joint Capability Area.

General Krumm entered the Air Force as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Auburn University. He has served in a variety of flying, staff and command assignments and has commanded at the flight, squadron and wing level. During his career, he flew combat missions in support of Operation Southern Watch.

The general is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours.

EDUCATION
1989 Bachelor of Science, mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
1990 Master of Education, mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.
1996 Weapons Instructor Course, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. 1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2005 Air War College, by correspondence
2008 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill2008 Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2009 Phase II, Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. 2010 Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
2012 fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2014 Combined Force Maritime Component Commander Course, Naples, Italy
2015 Combined Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2016 Senior Executives in National and International Security, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2017 Combined/Joint Force Land Component Commander Course, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
2018 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1990 – August 1991, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, Okla.
2. September 1991 – June 1992, student, F-15 Replacement Training Unit, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
3. June 1992 – December 1996, wingman, flight instructor, Mission Commander and flight examiner, 44th Fighter Squadron, AB, Japan
4. January 1997 – December 1999, Chief of Squadron Weapons and Tactics and Flight Commander, 390th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
5. January 2000 – October 2002, Assistant Operations Officer, 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.
6. November 2002 – August 2004, Chief of F-22 Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, Edwards AFB, Calif.
7. September 2004 – August 2006, Operations Officer, 43rd Fighter Squadron and 325th Operations Support Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
8. August 2006 – June 2008, Commander, 43rd Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
9. July 2008 – June 2010, Chief of Staff of the Air Force fellow, assigned to the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
10. June 2010 – June 2012, Commander, 49th Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M.
11. July 2012 – May 2013, fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
12. June 2013 – June 2014, principal military assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. July 2014 – April 2016, Vice Commander, 5th Air Force, and Director, Pacific Air Forces Joint Air Component Command Element, Yokota AB, Japan
14. May 2016 - July 2016, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Air Staff, Washington D.C.
15. July 2016 – present, Deputy Director for Requirements and Capability Development (J8), the Joint Staff, Washington D.C.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2008 - June 2010, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellow, assigned to the China Desk, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
June 2013 - June 2014, principal military assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a colonel
July 2016 - present, Deputy Director for Requirements and Capability Development (J8), the Joint Staff, Washington D.C., as a brigadier general

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight Hours: More than 3,000 Aircraft Flown: F-15C, F-22

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Joint Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal Air Force Achievement Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Dec. 4, 1989
First Lieutenant Dec. 4, 1991
Captain Dec. 4, 1993
Major March 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 2004
Colonel Oct. 1, 2008
Brigadier General Aug. 15, 2014

(Current as of April 2018)