Col Adrian K. White is the Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He assists the director in oversight of a headquarters staff and the 603rd Air Operations Center providing integrated air and missile defense, aeromedical evacuation, space and cyberspace operations, aerial refueling, weather, combat aerial delivery, operational support airlift and distinguished visitor airlift, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and precision strike in the European and African Commands.
Col White received his commission in 1990 through the US Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia as an Army Aviation Officer. After serving in the Army National Guard, he transferred to the Air National Guard in 1997 and then to the Air Force Reserve in 2001. He served in several positions in the Army National Guard as the battalion intelligence officer, platoon leader and battalion assistant operations officer. In the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve he has served as an assistant director of operations, deployed squadron director of operations, deployed squadron commander, political-military planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and battle watch captain for operations, European Command plans and operations center, joint operations center.
Prior to his current assignment, Col White was the Vice Commander, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, California. In his civilian capacity, he is a senior strategy consultant with a major defense consulting firm.
EDUCATION
1993 US Army Aviation Officer Basic Course, Ft Rucker, Ala.
1997 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Spanish, California State University, Stanislaus
1999 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala, by correspondence
2000 USAF Flight Safety Officer Course, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.
2007 Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala, by correspondence
2008 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala, by correspondence
2010 Master of Science, Management, University of Maryland, University College
2011 Master of Business Administration, University of Maryland, University College
2013 Reserve Component National Security Course, National Defense University, Ft McNair, D.C.
2014 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (JPME-II), Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2015 Director of Mobility Forces, US Air Force Expeditionary Center, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2018 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019 Air Force Office of Special Investigation, Senior Leader Security Seminar, Montrose, VA
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1990 - April 1992, CH-47 Battalion Intelligence Officer, 3rd Battalion 140th Aviation Regiment, Stockton, Calif.
2. April 1992 - May 1993, student, US Army Initial Entry Rotor Wing School and US Army Aviation Officer Basic Course, Ft. Rucker, Ala.
3. May 1993 - April 1997, CH-47 pilot, pilot in command, Aviation Liaison Officer, Assistant Company Operations Officer, Assistant Platoon Leader, Platoon Leader Company G, 140th Aviation Regiment, Stockton, Calif.
4. April 1997 - November 1997, CH-47 Assistant Battalion Operations Officer, 3rd Battalion 140th Aviation Regiment, Stockton, Calif.
5. November 1997 - September 2001, HH-60 pilot, Flight Safety Officer, 129th Rescue Squadron, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif.
6. September 2001 - September 2002, student, US Air Force Fixed Wing Transition Course, Columbus, Miss.
7. September 2002 - February 2005, KC-10 aircraft commander, 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif. (February 2003 - November 2003, mobilized as KC-10 pilot 70th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia and 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Southwest Asia)
8. February 2005 - September 2007, Flight Commander, instructor pilot, 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
9. September 2007 - August 2012, Assistant Director of Operations, instructor pilot, 70th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif. (July 2008 - September 2008, Director of Operations, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Southwest Asia and May 2009 - October 2009, Executive Officer, European Command Plans & Operation Center, Joint Operation Center, Patch Barracks, Germany)
10. August 2010 - August 2011, Commander, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, Southwest Asia
11. August 2012 - April 2014, Political-Military Planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-5 Middle East, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq Division, Pentagon, D.C.
12. May 2014 - Feb 2016, Battle Watch Captain for Operations, European Command, European Plans and Operation Center, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
13. March 2016 - March 2018, Vice Commander, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif. (June 2017 - November 2017, Commander, 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif)
14. March 2018 - present, Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 2012 - April 2014, Political-Military Planner, Joint Chiefs of Staff, J-5 Middle East, Arabian Peninsula and Iraq Division, Pentagon, DC, as a Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel
2. May 2014 – Feb 2016, Battle Watch Captain for Operations, European Command, European Plans and Operation Center, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, as a Colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 5100 hours
Aircraft Flown: UH-1H, CH-47D, HH-60G, KC-10A, C-17A and C-5M
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant August 24, 1990
First Lieutenant August 24, 1993
Captain September 20, 1995
Major November 5, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel November 5, 2007
Colonel March 1, 2014