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COLONEL PARKER H. WRIGHT Col. Parker H. Wright is the Commander, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. NASIC is the Air Force analysis center for foreign air, space and specialized intelligence. He is responsible for operating the $2.1 billion center with its four groups, four directorates and 18 squadrons. Managing an annual budget of more than $480 million, he leads more than 3,200 personnel providing a broad range of integrated, tailored assessments, products and services to joint operational forces, national policymakers and the acquisition community. Colonel Wright earned his commission through the U.S. Air Force Academy as a distinguished graduate. He holds degrees from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Colonel Wright’s staff assignments include Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and the Joint Staff. He previously commanded the 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center's Signals Analysis
Squadron. Colonel Wright has deployed in support of air operations over Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. Prior to his current position, Colonel Wright commanded the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytic Center at Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom. EDUCATION 1996 Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 1998 Master of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2001 Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 2008 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2009 Master of Military Operational Air and Science, Top Graduate, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2010 Master of Airpower Art and Science, Top Graduate, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2012 Air War College, by correspondence 2013 Senior Service School, National Defense Fellow, Center for a New American Security, in Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. May 1996 – June 1998, Student, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 2. July 1998 – March 1999, Student, Intelligence Officer Basic Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas 3. March 1999 – May 2001, Intelligence Officer, 319th Operations Support Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D. 4. May 2001 – March 2002, Senior Eurasian Analyst, Air Force Intelligence Analysis Agency, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
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