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OUR CONTRIBUTORSGen Tom Hobbins (BS, University of Colorado;MBA, Troy State University) is commanderof US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE);commander of Air Component Command,Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and director ofthe Joint Air Power Competency Center,Ramstein. He previously served as deputychief of staff for war-fighting integration,Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, DC.General Hobbins has commanded two tacticalfighter wings, a composite air group, TwelfthAir Force, and air-component commands forUS Strategic Command and US SouthernCommand. Additionally, he has served as directorof plans and operations for US ForcesJapan, director of plans and policy for US AtlanticCommand, and director of operationsfor USAFE. A command pilot, he has morethan 4,440 flying hours, primarily in fighteraircraft. General Hobbins is a graduate ofSquadron Officer School, Armed Forces StaffCollege, and Air War College.Brig Gen Robert H. “Bob” Holmes (BA, DavidLipscomb College; MS, Georgia State University)is deputy director of operations, HeadquartersUS Central Command, MacDill AFB,Florida. His previous service includes tours asdirector of security forces and force protection,Headquarters US Air Force, Washington,DC, and commander of the 37th TrainingWing at Lackland AFB, Texas. During OperationEnduring Freedom, the general served asdeputy commander of Joint Special OperationsTask Force-South (Task Force K-Bar), responsiblefor directing and conducting jointcombat operations in southern Afghanistan. Amaster parachutist and military free-fall parachutist,General Holmes is a graduate ofSquadron Officer School, Air Command andStaff College, Air War College, and ArmedForces Staff College.Col Bradley D. Spacy (BA, Fresno State University;MS, University of Southern Mississippi) iscommander of the 375th Mission SupportGroup, Scott AFB, Illinois. A career securityforcesofficer with extensive experience in airbasedefense and antiterrorism / force protection,he has served as commander of the 47thSecurity Forces Squadron, Laughlin AFB,Texas; director of force protection for US CentralCommand Air Forces Forward in supportof Operations Enduring Freedom and IraqiFreedom, during which time he created,planned, and participated in Operation DesertSafeside / Task Force 1041, an offensive combatoperation to kill or capture insurgent forcesattacking Balad Air Base, Iraq; and chief of theForce Protection and Operations Division, Directorateof Security Forces, Headquarters USAir Force, Pentagon, Washington, DC. ColonelSpacy also commanded the United States AirForce Honor Guard, leading 250 men andwomen in over 6,000 Air Force and joint-serviceceremonies for the president, secretary of defense,chief of staff of the Air Force, and otherhigh-level military and civilian leaders. ColonelSpacy is a graduate of Squadron Officer School,US Marine Corps Command and Staff College,and Joint Forces Staff College.Lt Col Gregory J. Reese (USAFA; MS, Universityof South Carolina; MS, Air Force Instituteof Technology) is commander of the 51st SecurityForces Squadron, Osan Air Base, SouthKorea. He has served in numerous installation,training, and staff assignments in the securityforcescareer field. Previous assignments includecommander, 332d Expeditionary SecurityForces Squadron, Balad Air Base, Iraq; securityforces staff, Headquarters Air Combat Command,Langley AFB, Virginia; Air Mobility WarfareCenter, Fort Dix, New Jersey; and chief ofair base defense and police-service policy,Headquarters USAF, Pentagon, Washington,DC, where he developed new air-base defenseconcepts and doctrine. Colonel Reese is a graduateof Air Command and Staff College.Lt Col John M. Busch (BS, University of Michigan;MS, University of Kansas) is chief of theThreat and Intelligence Doctrine Branch,Force Protection and Operations Division, Directorateof Security Forces and Force Protection,Headquarters US Air Force, Pentagon,Washington, DC. A member of the Air ForceOffice of Special Investigations (AFOSI), heis a veteran counterintelligence and specialinvestigationsofficer who has held a variety ofcommand and staff positions, including OSI detachmentcommander, director of staff, operationsofficer, and Air Staff officer. Colonel Buschalso served as task force counterintelligencecoordinator for Combined Joint Task Force 7and Multinational Force-Iraq in Baghdad, responsiblefor all counterintelligence activitiessupporting operations and force protection.126
CONTRIBUTORS 127Col Howard D. “Dave” Belote (BA, Universityof Virginia; MBA, Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity; MAAS [Master of Airpower Art andScience], School of Advanced Airpower Studies;MS, National War College) is chief of the CombatingWeapons of Mass Destruction Division,Joint Chiefs of Staff J-5, Pentagon, Washington,DC. He has flown more than 2,000 hours, primarilyin the F-16 and F-111. Colonel Belotehas served as the chief of theater air strategy forSeventh Air Force and the Air ComponentCommand in Korea. He commanded the coresquadron of US Air Forces in Europe’s air operationscenter as well as the Air ComponentCommander’s Element in Tel Aviv, Israel, duringmajor combat operations in OperationIraqi Freedom. From July 2004 through June2006, he commanded the 3d Air Support OperationsGroup and served as air liaison officerto III Armored Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, positionshe held in Baghdad from September 2004through February 2005. Colonel Belote is a distinguishedgraduate of Squadron Officer School,Air Command and Staff College, and NationalWar College.Maj Collin T. Ireton (USAFA; MS, Embry-RiddleAeronautical University) is an experimentalflight-test pilot with the 410th Flight TestSquadron in Palmdale, California. Previously,he flew F-117s operationally and served as anassistant director of operations for the 9thFighter Squadron at Holloman AFB, NewMexico. Major Ireton also served as an experimentalflight-test pilot in the A-10 and F-16aircraft and as the developmental flight-testflight commander for the A-10. He spent twooverseas tours as an operational F-16 pilot andhas amassed over 2,500 hours in 28 differenttypes of aircraft. Major Ireton is a graduate ofSquadron Officer School, Air Command andStaff College, and the USAF Test Pilot School.Dr. Jack D. Kem, Colonel, USA, retired (BA,Western Kentucky University; MPA, AuburnUniversity–Montgomery; PhD, North CarolinaState University), is a supervisory associateprofessor in the Department of Joint and MultinationalOperations at the US Army Commandand General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,Kansas. He previously served as amilitary intelligence officer with major assignmentswith Allied Land Forces SoutheasternEurope, 82d Airborne Division, 3d ArmoredDivision, and 3d Infantry Division. For his lastactive duty assignment, he served as the commandingofficer, 319th Military IntelligenceBattalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Dr.Kem is a distinguished graduate of Air Commandand Staff College and a graduate of theArmy Command and General Staff Collegeand Army War College. He is the author ofCampaign Planning: Tools of the Trade (FortLeavenworth, KS: US Army Command andGeneral Staff College, June 2005).CDR John J. Klein, USN (BS, Georgia Instituteof Technology; MS, Naval PostgraduateSchool; MA, Naval War College), is assistantair officer (“miniboss”) aboard the USS John C.Stennis (CVN 74). He has served as maintenanceofficer, Sea Control Squadron 24(VS-24); test and evaluation project officer,Naval Force Aircraft Test Squadron (VX-20);naval flight officer under instruction, US NavalTest Pilot School; tactical development andevaluation officer (VS-24); and maintenancebranch officer, Sea Control Squadron 28(VS-28). Commander Klein is the author ofseveral journal articles and the book Space Warfare:Strategy, Principles and Policy (London:Routledge, 2006).LCDR Thomas D. Vandermolen, USN (BS,Louisiana Tech University; MA, Naval War College),is officer in charge, Maritime Scienceand Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan. Hewas previously assigned as a student at theNaval War College, Newport Naval Station,Rhode Island. He has also served as intelligenceofficer for Carrier Wing Five, Naval AirFacility, Atsugi, Japan, and in similar assignmentswith US Special Operations Command,US Forces Korea, and Sea Control SquadronTHIRTY-FIVE, Naval Air Station, North Island,California. His essay “A Smarter INTELINK”was awarded first prize in the Director of NavalIntelligence Essay Competition, while at theUS Naval War College.Maj Rodolfo Pereyra, Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya(Uruguayan air force), is commander of theFirst Air Squadron at Air Base no. 2, Santa Bernardina,Durazno. He previously served aschief of operations and maintenance, First AirSquadron (Attack), Second Air Brigade, inDurazno. An IA-58 Pucará combat trainer pilotwith more than 2,200 flying hours, he is agraduate of the Military School of Aeronautics,Air Staff Course, Command Basic Course,and Command Elementary Course at theCommand and Air Staff School and a distinguishedgraduate of the Inter-American AirForces Academy in San Antonio, Texas. MajorPereyra has earned the United States DefenseCooperation Office Award and the FuerzaAérea Uruguaya’s Flight Safety Merit Award.
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