BRIGADIER GENERAL JEFFREY S.
PILKINGTON
Retired Aug. 1,
1996.
Brigadier
General Jeffrey S. Pilkington is vice commander of the Air
Intelligence Agency, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. An Air Force field
operating agency, AIA's mission is to exploit and defend the
information domain. The agency's 16,000 people worldwide deliver
flexible collection, tailored air and space intelligence, weapons
monitoring and information warfare products and services.
The general entered the Air Force in 1968 as a graduate of
the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He has served as
a flight commander, staff officer, operations officer, squadron
commander, deputy commander for wing operations, wing vice
commander, deputy chief of staff for operations for a major command
and has twice served as wing commander. From July 1993 until January
1994 he was commander of the Combined Task Force Operation Provide
Comfort at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The task force was comprised
of British, French, Turkish and U.S. servicemembers, and supported
United Nations sanctions in Northern Iraq. From June 1994 until July
1995 his wing was responsible for the humanitarian airlift into
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
EDUCATION 1968
Bachelor of science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colo. 1971 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force
Base, Ala. 1981 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff
College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 1986 NATO Defense College,
Rome, Italy
ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1969 - August 1969,
student, pilot training; Moody Air Force Base, Ga. 2. August
1969 - June 1973, instructor pilot, Vance Air Force Base, Okla.
3. June 1973 - February 1974, F-4 upgrade training, Homestead
Air Force Base, Fla. 4. February 1974 - December 1974, flight
commander, 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Udorn Royal Thai Air Force
Base, Thailand 5. December 1974 - July 1978, flight commander,
10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and flight commander, 313th Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, West Germany 6. July 1978 -
July 1981, staff officer, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley
Air Force Base, Va. 7. July 1981 - July 1982, student, Air
Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 8. July
1982 - July 1986, operations officer, 17th Tactical Fighter
Squadron; later, commander, 19th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air
Force Base, S.C. 9. July 1986 - February 1987, student, NATO
Defense College, Rome, Italy 10. February 1987 - October 1989,
director of fighter operations, Headquarters Allied Air Forces
Central Europe; later, director of operations, 86th Tactical Fighter
Wing, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany 11. November 1989 - June
1991, deputy commander for operations; later, wing vice commander
and inspector general, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base,
Germany 12. June 1991 - July 1992, commander, 406th Tactical
Fighter Training Wing, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain 13. July 1992 -
July 1993, deputy director of operations, Headquarters U.S. Air
Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 14. July 1993 -
July 1995, commander, 86th Wing and the Kaiserslautern Military
Community, Ramstein Air Base, Germany 15. July 1995 - present,
vice commander, Air Intelligence Agency, Kelly Air Force Base,
Texas
FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command
pilot Flight hours: More than 4,500 Aircraft flown: T-37,
T-38, F-4, F-16 Pilot wings from: Moody Air Force Base,
Ga.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of
Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal with three
oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf
clusters Air Force Commendation Medal Presidential Unit
Citation Joint Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding
Unit Award with oak leaf cluster Combat Readiness Medal with oak
leaf cluster National Defense Service Medal Southwest Asia
Service Medal with service star Cross of Aeronautical Merit with
white device, Spain
EFFECTIVE DATES OF
PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Jun 5, 1968 First Lieutenant
Dec 5, 1969 Captain Jun 5, 1971 Major Feb 1,
1980 Lieutenant Colonel Mar 1, 1984 Colonel Jul 1,
1989 Brigadier General Jul 9, 1993
(Current as of August
1995)
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