Dr. Billy W. Mullins, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Associate Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He provides nuclear-focused expertise and leadership related to nuclear weapons and weapon systems policies, plans, technical procedures, programs and structures in support of the Air Force strategic deterrent mission. He is the senior technical/scientific adviser to the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff on nuclear weapons and weapon systems.

Dr. Mullins served in the Air Force from 1978-1998, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. While on active duty, he worked on advanced research and development projects, such as the Airborne Laser Laboratory Program and the Shiva Star high-energy plasma effort. As a staff officer, he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and to the Air Staff. In these positions, he worked on sustainment of the nuclear stockpile, the B61 Mod 11 Program, and countering chemical and biological agent weapons. He entered federal civil service in 1998. Dr. Mullins has written and co-written numerous scientific papers and holds one patent for a sensitive position sensor, which detects movements as small as one millionth of a centimeter.

EDUCATION
1978 Bachelor of Science, Physics, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas
1979 Master of Science, Engineering Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
1989 Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
2000 Leadership for a Democratic Society, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.
2004 Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. June 1978–December 1979, Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2. January 1980–May 1982, High-energy Laser Optical Physicist, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
3. June 1982–July 1986, Physics Instructor, later, Associate Professor of Physics and Director, Laser Research Laboratory, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
4. August 1986–May 1989, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
5. June 1989–July 1993, Deputy Chief, later, Chief, High-Energy Plasma Division, Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
6. August 1993–December 1996, Staff Officer for Counterproliferation and Nuclear Technology Development, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
7. January 1997–September 1998, Chief, Weapons Branch, Operations Division, Directorate of Nuclear and Counterproliferation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. October 1998–February 2003, Director, Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. March 2003–June 2004, Associate Director of Nuclear and Counterproliferation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. July 2004–January 2006, Associate Director of Strategic Security, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. February 2006–February 2007, Associate Director of Strategic Security, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
12. February 2007–November 2008, Associate Director of Nuclear Operations, Plans and Requirements, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. November 2008–present, Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, HAF, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.

AWARDS AND HONORS
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Organizational Excellence Award
Air Force Excellence in Competition Medal, pistol category

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1984 Outstanding Young Men of America
1993 Who's Who in the West

(Current as of October 2021)