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COL. DUKE Z. RICHARDSON
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Selected for assignment as Vice Commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Col. Duke Z. Richardson is the Program Executive Officer for Fighters and Bombers, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for cost, schedule, performance, and life-cycle management of the fighter and bomber attack portfolio, including the B-1, B-2, B-52, F-15, F-16, and associated combat systems. He is also responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the F-35 and F-22 System Program Offices.
In his previous assignment, Colonel Richardson was the Program Executive Officer for Fixed Wing, HQ US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), MacDill AFB, Florida. His responsibilities included developing, producing, testing, modifying, fielding, and supporting Special Operations Forces (SOF)-unique fixed wing aircraft and sub-systems.
Colonel Richardson received his commission via Officer Training School after graduating from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. A career acquisition officer, his other acquisition-related assignments include space sensors research at the Air Force Research Laboratory-Kirtland; program management at the F-15 program office; acquisition advisor to the commander, Aeronautical Systems Center; Air Staff program element monitor for F-22 and aircrew life support systems; staff work for the Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; Air Staff Deputy Director for Global Power Programs; and Commander, SOF Systems Group. Colonel Richardson also taught Mathematics and served as Course Director at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
He is an acquisition professional, certified Level III in Program Management.
EDUCATION
1989 Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
1993 Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
1997 Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2001 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2002 Advanced Program Management Course, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2006 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2006 Senior Acquisition Course, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2009 USAF Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1989 - May 1993, Space Electronics Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory (formerly Phillips Laboratory and Weapons Laboratory), Kirtland AFB, N.M.
2. May 1993 - July 1995, Course Director and Instructor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
3. August 1995 - July 1997, Air Force Intern, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, Washington, D.C.
4. July 1997 - June 1999, F-15 Suite 4 Program Manager, F-15 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
5. July 1999 - July 2000, Designated Acquisition Commander Staff Officer, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
6. August 2000 - June 2001, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. June 2001 - June 2002, Life Support Systems Program Element Monitor, Directorate of Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. June 2002 - June 2004, F-22 Branch Chief and Lead Program Element Monitor, Directorate of Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
9. July 2004 - July 2005, Executive Officer to the Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
10. August 2005 - June 2006, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
11. June 2006 - July 2007, Deputy Director of Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
12. July 2007 - April 2009, Commander, 823 Aeronautical Systems Group, 303 Aeronautical Systems Wing, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
13. May 2009 - May 2011, Program Executive Officer for Fixed Wing, Headquarters US Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Fla.
14. May 2011 - July 2012, Program Executive Officer for Fighters and Bombers, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
15. July 2012 - present, Program Executive Officer for Fighters and Bombers, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1991 Weapons Laboratory Young Scientist/Engineer of the Year
1995 Outstanding Academy Educator, Department of Mathematical Sciences
1997 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School
2001 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College
2006 Distinguished graduate, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant September 28, 1989
First Lieutenant September 28, 1991
Captain September 28, 1993
Major July 1, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 2003
Colonel January 1, 2007
(Current as of July 2012)
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