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GENERAL THOMAS=20
J. OWEN
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| Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Owen =
is=20
Commander, Aeronautical Systems=20
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force =
Base,=20
Ohio. As ASC Commander and Program =
Executive=20
Officer for aircraft procurement and=20
modernization, he leads the Air Force's =
center=20
of excellence for development and =
acquisition of=20
aeronautical systems. The center is =
responsible=20
for the management of more than 556 Air =
Force,=20
joint and international programs, =
executes an=20
annual budget of $23 billion, and =
employs a work=20
force of approximately 10,000 people =
located at=20
Wright-Patterson AFB and 38 other =
locations=20
worldwide.
General Owen entered =
the Air=20
Force in 1978 as a graduate of the U.S. =
Air=20
Force Academy. Early in his career he =
worked on=20
B-52 Stratofortress, KC-135 Stratotanker =
and=20
F-15 Eagle aircraft. The general has =
commanded=20
an aircraft generation squadron =
maintaining F-16=20
Fighting Falcon and OA-10 Thunderbolt II =
aircraft; a maintenance squadron =
performing=20
intermediate level aircraft and =
munitions=20
maintenance; and a combat logistics =
support=20
squadron providing F-16 and F-4 Phantom =
aircraft=20
battle damage repair, supply and =
transportation=20
support. He's been assigned to =
Headquarters U.S.=20
Air Force in the Pentagon two times.=20
General Owen was the first =
logistics=20
group commander for the first and only =
wing=20
operating E-8C Joint STARS aircraft. For =
more=20
than three years, he was Director of the =
C-5=20
System Program Office at San Antonio and =
Warner=20
Robins Air Logistics Centers. He has =
also served=20
as Director for the C-17 and F-22A =
System=20
Program Offices at the Aeronautical =
Systems=20
Center, and Director of Logistics, =
Installations=20
and Mission Support at Headquarters Air=20
Education and Training Command. He was =
Commander=20
of the Warner Robins ALC. Prior to =
assuming his=20
current duties, he was Director of =
Logistics and=20
Sustainment, Headquarters Air Force =
Materiel=20
Command. General Owen holds Department =
of=20
Defense Acquisition Corps Level III=20
certifications in Program Management and =
Life=20
Cycle Logistics.=20
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EDUCATION
1978=20
Bachelor of Science in organizational =
behavior,=20
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado =
Springs,=20
Colo.
1982 Squadron Officer School, =
Maxwell=20
AFB, Ala.
1985 Air Command and Staff =
College,=20
by correspondence
1986 Master of =
Science=20
degree in political science and =
international=20
relations, Troy State University, =
Ala.
1990=20
Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell =
AFB,=20
Ala.
1993 Air War College, by =
seminar
1994=20
National War College, Fort Lesley J. =
McNair,=20
Washington, D.C.
1994 Master's degree =
in=20
national security strategy, National =
Defense=20
University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, =
Washington,=20
D.C.
1999 Advanced Program Manager's =
Course,=20
Fort Belvoir, Va.
2001 Advanced =
Management=20
Program, Carnegie Mellon University,=20
Penn.
2002 Executive Program =
Manager's=20
Course, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2006 =
U.S.-Russia=20
Security Program, John F. Kennedy School =
of=20
Government, Harvard University, =
Cambridge,=20
Mass.
2008 Systems Acquisition =
General/Flag=20
Officers Course, Fort Belvoir, =
Va.
2010=20
Leadership at the Peak, Center for =
Creative=20
Leadership, Colorado Springs,=20
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Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
1.=20
July 1978 - December 1978, student, =
Aircraft=20
Maintenance Officer Course, Chanute AFB, =
Ill.
2. December 1978 - August 1981,=20
assistant supervisor, 7th Organizational =
Maintenance Squadron; officer-in-charge =
of=20
quality control, 7th Bomb Wing; staff =
officer,=20
19th Air Division, Carswell AFB, =
Texas
3.=20
August 1981 - October 1983, executive =
officer to=20
Vice Commander, 8th Air Force, Barksdale =
AFB,=20
La.
4. October 1983 - November 1984, =
Air=20
Staff Training, logistics plans action =
officer=20
and aircraft modification programming =
action=20
officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,=20
Washington, D.C.
5. November 1984 - =
July=20
1987, maintenance supervisor, 33rd =
Aircraft=20
Generation Squadron, Eglin AFB, =
Fla.
6. July=20
1987 - July 1989, aide to the Commander, =
Air=20
Force Logistics Command, =
Wright-Patterson AFB,=20
Ohio
7. July 1989 - June 1990, =
student, Air=20
Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB,=20
Ala.
8. June 1990 - July 1992, =
Commander,=20
51st Aircraft Generation Squadron; =
Commander,=20
51st Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air =
Base, South=20
Korea
9. July 1992 - July 1993, =
Commander,=20
649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, =
Hill=20
AFB, Utah
10. July 1993 - June 1994, =
student, National War College, Fort =
Lesley J.=20
McNair, Washington, D.C.
11. June =
1994 -=20
October 1994, Chief, Aircraft and =
Missile=20
Modification Programs, Headquarters U.S. =
Air=20
Force, Washington, D.C.
12. October =
1994 -=20
June 1996, Deputy Director, Chief of =
Staff=20
Operations Group, Headquarters U.S. Air =
Force,=20
Washington, D.C.
13. June 1996 - =
July 1998,=20
Commander, 93rd Logistics Group, 93rd =
Air=20
Control Wing, Robins AFB, Ga.
14. =
July 1998=20
- January 1999, Director, C-5 System =
Program=20
Office, San Antonio Air Logistics =
Center, Kelly=20
AFB, Texas
15. February 1999 - =
September=20
2001, Director, C-5 SPO, Warner Robins =
ALC,=20
Robins AFB, Ga.
16. October 2001 - =
November=20
2002, Director, C-17 SPO, Aeronautical =
Systems=20
Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, =
Ohio
17.=20
November 2002 - November 2005, Director, =
F-22A=20
SPO, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, =
Ohio
18.=20
November 2005 - February 2006, Director =
of=20
Logistics, Headquarters Air Education =
and=20
Training Command, Randolph AFB, =
Texas
19.=20
February 2006 - August 2006, Director of =
Logistics, Installations and Mission =
Support=20
(A4/7), Headquarters AETC, Randolph AFB, =
Texas
20. August 2006 - August 2008,=20
Commander, Warner Robins ALC, Robins =
AFB,=20
Ga.
21. August 2008 - July=20
2009, Director, Logistics and =
Sustainment,=20
Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, =
Wright-Patterson AFB, =
Ohio
22. =20
August 2009 - present, Commander, =
Aeronautical=20
Systems Center, Wright-Patterson =
AFB,=20
Ohio
MAJOR AWARDS AND=20
DECORATIONS
Distinguished =
Service=20
Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of =
Merit=20
with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious =
Service=20
Medal with silver oak leaf cluster =
Air Force=20
Commendation Medal
Air Force =
Achievement=20
Medal
National Defense Service Medal =
with=20
two bronze stars
Global War on=20
Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense =
Service=20
Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal =
NATO=20
Medal (Former Republic of=20
Yugoslavia)
OTHER=20
ACHIEVEMENTS
1986 Aircraft=20
Maintenance Company Grade Manager of the =
Year,=20
Headquarters Tactical Air=20
Command
PROFESSIONAL=20
CERTIFICATIONS
Program =
Management,=20
Level III, Acquisition Professional =
Development=20
Program
Life Cycle Logistics, =
Level=20
III, Acquisition Professional =
Development=20
Program
EFFECTIVE DATES =
OF=20
PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant =
May 31,=20
1978
First Lieutenant May 31, 1980=20
Captain May 31, 1982
Major March =
1, 1988=20
Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1991 =
Colonel=20
Sept. 1, 1996
Brigadier General July =
1,=20
2003
Major General Oct. 2, =
2006
Lieutenant=20
General Aug. 14, 2009
(Current=20
as of June=20
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2010)
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