Colonel Christopher Yancy is the Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Plans, Programs and Analyses (A5/8/9) for Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He leads theater engagement throughout Europe and Africa by managing unit basing, organization, force structure and analyses. He is responsible for developing and directing the command's resource capability processes, doctrine review, strategy initiatives and political-military affairs program, as well as overseeing command analyses and lessons learned.

Colonel Yancy is a native of Plano, Texas, and was commissioned in 1988 as a distinguished ROTC graduate from Texas A&M University with a degree in aerospace engineering. He earned his pilot wings in 1990 as a distinguished graduate. Colonel Yancy joined the Air Force Reserve in 1999 and has held various command positions at the squadron, group and wing level. His combat experience includes nine deployments in Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Southern Watch, Northern Watch, multiple operations in the former Yugoslavia and Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Command in South Korea flying a total of 216 combat missions.

Colonel Yancy is a command pilot with more than 3,900 flying hours, 3,800 hours in the F-16 Block 30, 40, 50 and 50+. In his previous assignment, Colonel Yancy served as the Individual Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Force Application, A5RC,Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon.

EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1996 Master's degree in aeronautical science (aerospace business), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2002 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2009 Air War College, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1989 - November 1990, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas
2. November 1990 - February 1991, student, Fighter Lead-In Training, 436th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
3. March 1991 - September 1991, student, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, 61st Fighter Training Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.
4. September 1991 - September 1992, Chief, ACMI range control, 308th/307th Fighter Squadron, Homestead AFB, Fla.
5. September 1992 - October 1995, Assistant Chief, Weapons and Tactics; safety officer; scheduler; and Chief, Plans and Mobility, 308th/68th Fighter Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga.
6. October 1995 - September 1998, Flight Commander; Chief, Wing Flying Standardization and Evaluations; Chief of Safety; and Chief Wing FCF pilot, 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano AB, Italy
7. September 1998 - November 2009, Deputy Operations Group Commander; Assistant Director of Operations; Weapons and Tactics Flight Commander; Chief, Weapons and Tactics; and Chief, Wing Safety, 457th Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas
8. September 2009 - April 2011, Commander, 457th Fighter Squadron, 301st Fighter Wing, NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas
9. April 2011 - August 2013, Vice Commander, 944th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz.
10. August 2013 - August 2014, Vice Commander, 301st Fighter Wing, NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas
11. August 2014 - March 2016, Individual Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Force Application, Headquarters Air Force A5RC, Pentagon.
12. March 2016 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Plans, Programs and Analyses for Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein AB, Germany.

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,900
Aircraft flown: F-16, AT-38, T-38 and T-37

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with eight oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leak cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Gallant Unit Citation
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and eight oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with four oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with oak leaf cluster
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Long
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border
NATO Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Dec. 16, 1988
First Lieutenant May 30, 1991
Captain May 30, 1993
Major June 2, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 17, 2006
Colonel June 15, 2011


(Current as of June 2017)