General CARLTON D. EVERHART II

Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II is Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He is responsible for providing rapid global mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces and partner nations. AMC projects U.S. military power to any point around the world and provides humanitarian response at home and abroad. As the Air Force’s lead command for air mobility, the 120,000 men and women of AMC - active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and civilians - provide combat airlift, aerial refueling, air mobility support, and aeromedical evacuation with more than 1,100 aircraft from nine bases, 18 Wings, and 116 total force air mobility operating locations.

General Everhart received his commission in 1983 through the Air Force ROTC program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a command pilot with more than 4,700 flight hours in numerous aircraft including the C-130E/H, C-17A, C-21A and KC-46A. He was the Air Force aide to the president of the United States and has commanded a squadron, group, wing, air operations center, two numbered air forces, and a major command. General Everhart has served in several senior staff positions at the White House, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, U.S. Transportation Command, and Headquarters Air Education and Training Command. Prior to his current assignment, General Everhart was the Commander of Eighteenth Air Force, the Air Force’s largest numbered Air Force.

General Everhart's joint assignments include a deployment to Afghanistan as the Deputy Commander of Political-Military Affairs, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, where he was the direct liaison for the U.S. Ambassador and the Commander, International Security Assistance Force.

EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Science, Agriculture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blaksburg
1989 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1989 Master of Science, Business Management, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
1995 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by seminar
1996 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2001 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by seminar
2002 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2003 Director of Mobility Forces Course, McGuire AFB, NJ.
2006 Leadership for a Democratic Society, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.
2007 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2010 Capstone General and Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2010 U.S. - Russia Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2011 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Joint Flag Officer Warfighter Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2014 Pinnacle Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2014 Leadership at the Peak, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1984 - January 1985, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
2. January 1985 - December 1989, Pilot, Aircraft/Instructor Aircraft Commander, Special Operations Low Level Aircraft Commander, 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
3. December 1989 - November 1992, Instructor/Evaluator Aircraft Commander and Chief, Joint Airlift Tactics, Initial Cadre Joint Readiness Training Center, 34th Combat Aircrew Training Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
4. November 1992 - February 1995, Initial Cadre C-17A, Chief of Safety, Aircraft/Instructor Aircraft Commander, Airdrop Lead, later, Deputy Chief Standardization and Evaluation, 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.
5. February 1995 - June 1995, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 14th AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
6. June 1995 - June 1996, Student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
7. June 1996 - June 1997, Mobility Force Planner, Directorates of Forces and Requirements, Headquarters Air Force, Arlington, Va.
8. June 1997 - March 1998, Executive Officer, Directorate of Joint Matters, Headquarters Air Force, Arlington, Va.
9. March 1998 - March 2000, Air Force Aide to the President, the White House, Washington, D.C.
10. June 2000 - July 2001, Commander, 457th AS, Andrews AFB, Md.
11. August 2001 - June 2002, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2002 - July 2003, Chief, Joint Mobility Operations Center Team, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill.
13. August 2003 - July 2005, Commander, 374th Operations Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan (March 2004 - July 2004, Commander, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia)
14. July 2005 - September 2005, Vice Commander, 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Okla.
15. September 2005 - August 2007, Commander, 97th AMW, Altus AFB, Okla.
16. August 2007 - June 2008, Inspector General, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
17. June 2008 - March 2009, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear Integration for Flying Training, Headquarters AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas
18. March 2009 - April 2010, Deputy Commander, Political-Military Affairs, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan
19. June 2010 - July 2011, Vice Commander, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), Scott AFB, Ill.
20. July 2011 - April 2012, Commander, 618th AOCAir (Tanker Airlift Control Center), Scott AFB, III.
21. April 2012 – February 2014, Vice Commander, Third Air Force, Ramstein AB, Germany (May 2012 - July 2012, Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa)
22. February 2014 – June 2014, Commander, Third Air Force, Ramstein AB, Germany
23. June 2014 – August 2015, Commander, Eighteenth Air Force, Scott AFB, Ill.
24. August 2015 – September 2018, Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1998 - March 2000, Air Force Aide to the President, the White House, Washington, D.C., as a major and lieutenant colonel
2. July 2002 - July 2003, Chief, Joint Mobility Operations Center Team, U.S. Transportation Command as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
3. March 2009 - April 2010, Deputy Commander, Political-Military Affairs, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating:  command pilot
Flight hours:  more than 4,700 hours
Aircraft flown:  T-37B, T-38A, C-130E/H, C-17A, C-21A, C-9A, C-5A, KC-135R, T-1A, KC-46A and UH-1N

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze stars
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Oct. 11, 1983
First Lieutenant Oct. 11, 1985
Captain Oct. 11, 1987
Major Nov. 1, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1999
Colonel Aug. 1, 2003
Brigadier General Jan. 31, 2009
Major General July 20, 2012
Lieutenant General June 20, 2014
General Aug. 11, 2015

(Current as of November 2018)