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LIEUTENANT GENERAL C.D.
MOORE II
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Lt. Gen.
C.D. Moore II is Vice Commander, Air Force
Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio. The command conducts research,
development, test and evaluation, and provides
acquisition management and logistics support
necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready
for war.
General Moore is a distinguished
graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy as well
as the top graduate in engineering. A Guggenheim
Fellow, he completed a Master of Science degree
in aeronautical engineering at Columbia
University before entering flight school in
1981. He served as a T-38 instructor pilot, an
operational F-15 pilot and as an experimental
test pilot. General Moore also served as
commander of the first F-22 squadron as well as
a group commander at Eglin AFB, Fla., Materiel
Wing Director of the F-16 System Program Office,
and Vice Commander of the Aeronautical Systems
Center.
The general's staff
assignments include Deputy Director of the
Global Power Directorate in the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Acquisition, and Deputy Director of the
Capabilities Integration and Transformation
Directorate at Headquarters Air Force Materiel
Command. He has also commanded the
478th Aeronautical Systems Wing, responsible for
design, production, deployment, modernization
and sustainment of the F-22 aircraft. General
Moore served as the Chief of Air Operations,
Multi-National Forces-Iraq in 2004, and he is a
command pilot with more than 3,000 flight hours
in 30 types of aircraft.
EDUCATION
1980 Distinguished
graduate, Bachelor of Science degrees in
aeronautical engineering and political science,
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1981 Master of Science degree in
aeronautical engineering, Columbia University,
New York, N.Y.
1984 Distinguished graduate,
Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1995 Advanced Program Management Course, Defense
Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1998 Distinguished graduate, Master of
Science degree in national resource strategy,
Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National
Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair,
Washington, D.C.
2004 Executive Management
Program, Kellogg Business School, Northwestern
University, Ill.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1980 - May 1981, graduate
student, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
2. May 1981 - May 1982, student,
undergraduate pilot training, Reese AFB,
Texas
3. May 1982 - October 1982, student,
pilot instructor training, Randolph AFB,
Texas
4. October 1982 - July 1984, T-38
instructor pilot, 54th Flying Training Squadron,
and T-38 flight examiner, 64th Flying Training
Wing, Reese AFB, Texas
5. July 1984 -
December 1984, student, Squadron Officer School,
Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. December 1984 -
December 1985, T-38 instructor pilot and wing
executive officer, 64th Flying Training Wing,
Reese AFB, Texas
7. December 1985 - November
1986, tactical support systems analyst, Air
Staff Training Program, Air Force Center for
Studies and Analyses, the Pentagon, Washington,
D.C.
8. November 1986 - February 1987,
student, AT-38 fighter lead-in training,
Holloman AFB, N.M.
9. February 1987 - June
1987, student, F-15 Operational Training Course,
426th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke
AFB, Ariz.
10. June 1987 - June 1990, F-15
pilot, flight commander and instructor pilot,
43rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB,
Alaska
11. June 1990 - June 1991, student,
USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
12. June 1991 - June 1992, F-16 and T-38
experimental test pilot, 6512th Test Operations
Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
13. June 1992 -
January 1995, F-16 test pilot, assistant
operations officer and operations officer, 416th
Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
14. January 1995 - June 1995, student, Advanced
Program Manager Course, Defense Systems
Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
15.
June 1995 - June 1997, Chief, F-16 Requirements
and Program Development Integrated Product Team,
F-16 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson
AFB, Ohio
16. June 1997 - June 1998,
student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces,
National Defense University, Fort Lesley J.
McNair, Washington, D.C.
17. June 1998 -
July 1999, F/A-22 test pilot and Commander,
411th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, Calif.
18. July 1999 - July 2000, Director, F/A-22
Combined Test Force, and Chief, Test and
Evaluation Division, System Program Office,
Edwards AFB, Calif.
19. July 2000 - June
2002, Commander, 46th Operations Group, Eglin
AFB, Fla.
20. June 2002 - September 2003,
Materiel Wing Director, F-16 System Program
Office, Aeronautical Systems Center,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
21. September
2003 - August 2004, Vice Commander, Aeronautical
Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
(January 2004 - June 2004, Chief of Air
Operations, Multi-National Forces-Iraq)
22.
August 2004 - August 2005, Deputy Director,
Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the
Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
23. August 2005 -
November 2005, Deputy Director, Directorate of
Capabilities Integration and Transformation,
Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
24. November 2005
- May 2007, Director, F-22 System Program
Office, Aeronautical Systems Center,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
25. May 2007
- July 2008, Commander, 478th Aeronautical
Systems Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
26.
July 2008 - June 2009, Director, Special
Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
27.
June 2009 - September 2011, Deputy Director,
Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, Arlington,
Va.
28. October 2011 - present, Vice
Commander, Headquarters Air Force Materiel
Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: 3,100
Primary aircraft flown: F-22, F-16, F-15 and
T-38
MAJOR AWARDS AND
DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service
Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit
with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service
Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial
Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air
Force Commendation Medal
Air Force
Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal
Iraq Campaign
Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with
Gold Border
OTHER
ACHIEVEMENTS
Leadership awards,
undergraduate pilot training and F-15
Operational Training Course
Top
graduate, Pilot Instructor Training Course
1999 Laurels Award, Aviation Week and Space
Technology
EFFECTIVE DATES OF
PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28,
1980
First Lieutenant May 28, 1982
Captain May 28, 1984
Major Oct. 1, 1991
Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 1, 1995
Colonel
March 1, 2000
Brigadier General Aug. 2,
2006
Major General Aug. 17, 2009
Lieutenant General Oct. 3, 2011
(Current
as of October 2011)
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