COLONEL DAVID E. GRAFF Colonel David E. Graff is Commander, 325th Fighter Wing, Air Combat Command, Tyndall AFB, Fla. The wing consists of more than 4,000 personnel who train and prepare F-22 Raptor pilots, intelligence officers, maintainers, and other support specialties for worldwide assignment to combat air force units. The 325th Fighter Wing is host to First Air Force (Air Forces Northern), 601st Air Operations Center, 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group, AFCEC, AFRL, 337th Air Control Squadron and Silver Flag. The wing provides support to more than 23,000 Airmen, civilians, contractors and their families. Colonel Graff is a graduate of National War College, and has served as the Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force. He was a graduate and Instructor at the USAF Weapons Instructor Course, and he commanded the 19th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, where his squadron won the Raytheon Trophy, given to the most outstanding air superiority fighter squadron in the U.S. Combat Air Forces. Colonel Graff served in various capacities in four fighter wings, commanding at the flight and squadron level, while also serving on a Joint Staff as the Chief of Fighter Operations, Combined Air Operations Center Six, Eshiskeir, Turkey. He is a command pilot with over 2,000 hours in the F-15C Eagle and the F-22 Raptor. EDUCATION 1993 Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1995 Distinguished Graduate, F-15C Fighter Training Unit, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 1999 USAF Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev. 2000 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2005 Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2005 Master's Degree in Military Air and Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2009 Air War College (Correspondence), Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2012 National War College, National Defense University, Ft McNair, Washington D.C. 2012 Master's Degree in National Security Strategy, National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington D.C. ASSIGNMENTS: 1. November 1993 - December 1994, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas 2. January 1995 - June 1995, Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals, Columbus AFB, Miss. 3. June 1995 - December 1995, Student, F-15 qualification training, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 4. January 1996 - September 1998, Instructor Pilot, Assistant Weapons Officer, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 5. October 1998 - June 1999, Instructor Pilot, Scheduler, 2nd Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 6. June 1999 - December 1999, Student, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 7. January 2000 - June 2001, 95th Fighter Squadron Weapons Officer, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 8. July 2001 - June 2004, F-15 Weapons Instructor, Standardization and Evaluation, and Flight Commander, 433rd Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 9. July 2004 - June 2005, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 10. July 2005 - June 2006, Chief, Fighter Operations, Combined Air Operations Center Six, Eshiskeir, Turkey 11. June 2006 - June 2008, Director of Operations and Wing Weapons Flight Commander, 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla. 12. July 2008 - December 2008, Deputy Operations Group Commander, 3rd Operations Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska 13. December 2008 - April 2010, Commander, 19th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska 14. April 2010 - June 2011, Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, SAF, Pentagon, Va. 15. July 2011 - June 2012, Student, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington D.C. 16. July 2012 - November 2012, Vice Commander, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla. 17. November 2012 - Present, Commander, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla. FLIGHT INFORMATION: Rating: Command Pilot Flight Hours: More than 2,300 Aircraft Flown: T-37, T-38, F-15C/D, F-22 DECORATIONS Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal (3) Air Medal Aerial Achievement Medal Air Force Commendation Medal (2) EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION: Second Lieutenant June 2, 1993 First Lieutenant June 2, 1995 Captain June 2, 1997 Major August 1, 2003 Lieutenant Colonel September 1, 2007 Colonel June 1, 2012 (Current as of November 2012)