Col COLONEL THERESA E. WEEMS

Colonel Weems is commander of the 60th Operations Group, Travis Air Force Base, California.  As commander, she is directly responsible for the daily operations of the largest Air Mobility Wing in the Air Force.  With $10 billion in assets, the group is tasked with operating 18 C-5, 13 C-17, and 27 KC-10 aircraft on worldwide air-land and air-refueling missions.  In addition, Colonel Weems directs all mission support activities, to include an operations support squadron providing air traffic control, weather, intelligence, flight management support, aircrew flight equipment, and KC-10 initial qualification and upgrade training.

Colonel Weems graduated from Northwestern University.  She was commissioned through the Officer Training School in 1995.  Her assignments include Supply and Fuels Management, Mobility Pilot, Political-Military Affairs Specialist, Chief of Safety, Inspector General, and Squadron Command. Her deployments include numerous KC-10A deployments in support of Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, and IRAQI FREEDOM. Other deployments include duties at Military Group, Quito, Ecuador; Air Component Coordination Element, Bogota, Colombia; and an internship with the Department of State at the American Embassy, Santiago, Chile.

EDUCATION

ASSIGNMENTS

1.  December 1995 – April 1999, Supply Officer, Fuels Management Flight Commander, and Support Group Executive Officer, 436^th Supply Squadron, Dover AFB, DE

2.  April 1999 – May 2000, Student, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, OK

3.  May 2000 – April 2004, KC-10 Aircraft Commander, Flight Safety Officer, and KC-10 Chief of Flight Safety, 2^nd Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire AFB, NJ

4.  April 2004 – July 2008, KC-10 Instructor Aircraft Commander, Flight Commander, Chief Pilot, Assistant Operations Officer, and Operations Officer, 9^th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, CA

5.  July 2008 – June 2009, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL

6.  June 2009 – May 2011,  Country Director – NATO, Headquarters Air Force, Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

7.  May 2011 – Feb 2012, Chief of Safety, 305^th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ

8.  Feb 2012 – Nov 2013, Commander, 32^nd Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ

9.  Nov 2013 – June 2014, Inspector General, 305^th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ

10. June 2014 – July 2016, Communications Team Chief and Deputy Director, Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, Pentagon, Washington, D.D.

11. July 2016 – Jun 2017, Air Force Fellow, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

12. July 2017 – Present, Commander, 60^th Operations Group, Travis AFB, CA

FLIGHT INFORMATION

Rating:  Command Pilot

Flight Hours:  More than 3,600

Aircraft flown:  T-37, T-1, and KC-10A

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

Meritorious Service Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters)

Air Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters)

Aerial Achievement Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster)

Air Force Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster)

Joint Service Achievement Medal

Air Force Achievement Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (7 Oak Leaf Clusters)

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION

Second Lieutenant         November 22, 1995

First Lieutenant              November 22, 1997

Captain                         November 22, 1999

Major                            February 1, 2006

Lieutenant Colonel         November 1, 2010

Colonel.                         February 1, 2017

(Current as of July 2017)