AF ELS 18C Participant Biographies

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COLONEL JACOB MIDDLETON

Col. Jacob Middleton is the vice commander, 50th Space Wing, Air Force Space Command, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The 50th Space Wing is comprised of more than 4,200 military, Department of Defense civilians, and contractor personnel serving at 14 operating locations worldwide, in support of 175 communications, navigation and surveillance satellites with associated systems valued at more than $66 billion. Colonel Middleton enlisted in the Air Force in August 1992 and received his commission through the Officer Training School in November 1998. He has served in a variety of space and missile operations assignments, including tours in the 91st Space Wing, 50th Space Wing, and the National Reconnaissance Office. He is a graduate of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and was recently the chief speechwriter for the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Deputy Chief of the Air Force Senate Liaison Office.

EDUCATION 1991 Bachelor of Arts degree, Psychology, Augusta State University, Augusta, Ga. 1997 Master of Arts, Public Administration, Troy University, Troy, Ala. 2005 Squadron Officer School, Top Third Graduate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2007 Master of Arts, Organizational Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 2007 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2011 Master of Philosophy, Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2014 Air War College, by correspondence, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2017 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS TED STATES AIR FORCE 1. November 1998 – August 1999, Student, Undergraduate Space and Missile Training, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 2. August 1999 – August 2000, Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander, 742nd Missile Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D. 3. August 2000 – August 2001, Instructor Deputy Missile Combat Crew Commander, 91st Operations Support Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D. 4. August 2001 – March 2002, Missile Combat Crew Commander, 742nd Missile Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.

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