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BRIGADIER GENERAL MICHAEL A.
MOFFITT

Retired Dec. 1, 1996.

Brigadier General Michael A.
Moffitt is director of logistics, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air
Force Base, Ill. He provides policy and guidance to train, equip and
organize aircraft maintenance, transportation, supply, contracting,
and logistics plans units at 14 major active air installations in
the U.S., and 17 en route locations throughout the globe. He is
responsible for 650 active aircraft, 13,000 vehicles and 26,000
personnel. He also assists in the readiness of 313 aircraft and
18,000 members of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard,
providing Total Force augmentation in support of flexible Global
Reach for America.

The general has five years experience as
an aircraft maintenance officer in both fighters and airlifters. He
spent another five years working mobility programming while assigned
to both the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., and Military Airlift
Command. He commanded the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base,
Del., during the Gulf War, overseeing the major aerial port and
airlift base supporting the largest airlift effort in history. His
worldwide flying background includes wartime experience in both
Southeast and Southwest Asia.

EDUCATION
1968
Bachelor of science degree in engineering management, U.S. Air Force
Academy, Colo.
1975 Master of arts degree in personnel
management, Central Michigan University
1981 Armed Forces Staff
College, Norfolk, Va.
1987 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force
Base, Ala.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1968 - July 1969,
student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams Air Force Base,
Ariz.
2. August 1969 - October 1972, C-130E pilot, 348th and
773rd Tactical Airlift Squadrons, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
3.
October 1972 - October 1973, C-130E instructor pilot, 7th Airborne
Command and Control Squadron, Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base,
Thailand
4. October 1973 - March 1976, squadron commander and
maintenance supervisor, 4th Avionics Maintenance Squadron, Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
5. March 1976 - December 1976,
plans and scheduling officer, 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
6. January 1977 - October 1978,
C-130E flight commander and flight examiner aircraft commander, 61st
Tactical Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.
7.
October 1978 - July 1980, tactics officer, 314th Tactical Airlift
Group, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.
8. August 1980 - January
1981, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
9.
January 1981 - August 1983, air operations staff officer, mobility
division, directorate of programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,
Washington, D.C.
10. August 1983 - June 1985, commander, 313th
Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Royal Air Force Station
Mildenhall, England
11. June 1985 - June 1986, deputy commander,
313th Tactical Airlift Group, Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall,
England
12. July 1986 - May 1987, student, Air War College,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
13. July 1987 - September 1989,
deputy director, then director of programming, plans, Headquarters
Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
14.
September 1989 - August 1992, vice commander, then commander, 436th
Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del.
15. August 1992 - June
1994, deputy chief of staff, Headquarters Forces Command, Fort
McPherson, Ga.
16. June 1994 - present, director of logistics,
Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base,
Ill.

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command
pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,700
Aircraft flown: C-130 and
C-5

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior
Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying
Cross
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf
clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force
Commendation Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF
PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Jun 5, 1968
First Lieutenant
Dec 5, 1969
Captain Jun 5, 1971
Major Apr 19,
1979
Lieutenant Colonel Mar 1, 1984
Colonel Jul 1,
1988
Brigadier General Jul 1, 1993

(Current as of
November 1994)