Colonel Douglas A. Stouffer is Commander, 916th Operations Group, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. In this capacity he leads 428 active duty, reserve, and civilian airmen as part of the first KC-135 Active Total Force Associate Unit. The group is directly responsible for expeditiously ensuring conventional and non-conventional global reach to Combatant Commanders through the execution of Air Force Reserve Command’s leading flight hour program. Additionally, the wing has been selected as the Air Force’s first Integrated Wing test location.

A graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, Colonel Stouffer received his commission through the United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1991.  He is a command pilot with more than 6,000 hours in the KC-135, C-12, and T-1.  He has served as Wing Safety Officer, Flight Commander, Flight Examiner, Assistant Director of Operations, Director of Operations, and Squadron Commander.  Colonel Stouffer has flown combat support sorties in Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, NORTHERN WATCH, and VIGILANT WARRIOR and provided non-flying support in Operation NOBLE EAGLE.  Prior to his current assignment he was Commander, 5^th Flying Training Squadron, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

EDUCATION

1991 Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL

2007 Air Command and Staff College, in correspondence

2013 Air War College, in correspondence

2013 Master of Arts degree in Christian Studies, Luther Rice Seminary, Lithonia, GA

ASSIGNMENTS

1. February 1992 – March 1993, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, OK

2. March 1993 – September 1993, KC-135 Initial Qualification Training, Castle AFB, CA

3. September 1993 – June 1994, KC-135 Pilot, 28^th Air Refueling Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, SD

4. June 1994 – September 1996, KC-135 Pilot, 96^th Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild AFB, WA

5. September 1996 – April 1998, KC-135 Aircraft Commander, Chief of Scheduling, 96^th Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild AFB, WA

6. April 1998 – September 1998, KC-135 Instructor Pilot, Chief of Scheduling, 96^th Air Refueling Squadron, Fairchild AFB, WA

7. September 1998 – February 1999, T-1 Pilot Instructor Training, Randolph AFB, TX

8. February 1999 – February 2001, T-1 Instructor Pilot, 32^nd Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, OK

9. February 2001 – December 2002, T-1 Instructor Pilot, Wing Flight Safety Officer, 71^st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK

10. January 2003 – September 2008, T-1 Instructor Pilot, 5^th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, OK (May 2005 – September 2005, Operation NOBLE EAGLE, Homeland Defense Tanker Planner, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, IL)

11. October 2008 – April 2012, T-1 Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner, Flight Commander, 5^th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, OK

12. May 2012 – June 2014, T-1 Instructor Pilot, Assistant Director of Operations, Director of Operations, 5^th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, OK

13. June 2014 – March 2016, T-1 Instructor Pilot, Commander, 5^th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, OK

14. March 2016 – Present, Commander, 916^th Operations Group, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC

     

    FLIGHT INFORMATION

    Rating: Command pilot

    Flight hours: over 6,000

    Aircraft flown: KC-135, C-12, and T-1

     

    MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

    Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

    Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters

    Air Force Commendation Medal

    Joint Meritorious Unit Award

    Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with “V” device and two silver oak leaf clusters

    Combat Readiness Medal with one oak leaf cluster

    National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star

    Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two bronze stars

    Southwest Asia Service Medal with one bronze star

    Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

    Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal

    Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” device

     

    EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

    Second Lieutenant                     October 8, 1991

    First Lieutenant                          October 8, 1993

    Captain                                       October 8, 1995

    Major                                          August 1, 2002

    Lieutenant Colonel                     February 1, 2010

    Colonel                                       January 28, 2016

     

(Current as of Mar 2016)