U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E
COLONEL KENNETH R. COUNCIL, JR.
Col. Kenneth R. Council, Jr., is the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The 618th AOC (TACC) is responsible for operational planning, scheduling, directing and assessing a fleet of approximately 1,100 aircraft in support of combat delivery, strategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical operations around the world. Col. Council entered the Air Force in 1989 as a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and earned his pilot wings in 1990. His operational assignments include duty as a C-141 Aircraft Commander, C-17 Instructor pilot and C-17 Evaluator. Col. Council has served as the Operations Officer of an Airlift Squadron and commanded an Operations Group. His staff duties include Deputy Chief, Tactics and Training Division, Intelligence, Air, Space and Information Operations Directorate, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., where he was responsible for tactics and training oversight for the Air Force Reserve
Command’s 62 aviation units. Prior to his current assignment, Col. Council served as the Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Col. Council is a command pilot with more than 5,000 military and 2,000 civilian flying hours. He is one of the elite initial cadre pilots selected to stand up the C-17A Globemaster III program. He has participated in almost every major military operation since 1990 including Desert Storm, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. EDUCATION 1989 Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona, Fla. 1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2006 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (Correspondence) 2008 Master of Science, Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona, Fla. 2009 Reserve Component National Securities Course, National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 2011 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2011 Master of Strategic Studies, Air University, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. ASSIGNMENTS 1. November 1989 – November 1990, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Vance AFB, Okla. 2. March 1991 – June 1994, Aircraft Commander, Tactics Officer (airdrop, airland), 18th Airlift Squadron, McGuire AFB, N.J. 3. June 1994 – October 1996, Instructor Pilot, C-17A Initial Cadre, Chief of Safety, 17th and 14th Airlift Squadrons, Charleston AFB, S.C. 4. October 1996 – November 1998, C-17A Combat Crew Training System Evaluator Pilot, C-17A Schoolhouse, Pilot Scheduler, Executive Officer, 58th Airlift Squadron, Altus AFB, Okla. 5. November 1998 – August 2005, Instructor Aircraft Commander, 701st Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C. 6. June 2004 – February 2005, Executive Officer, HQ AFRC Crisis Action Team, Robins AFB, Ga.
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