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SUMMARY:Col. David Bissonnette\, Vice Wing CDR Creech AFB - Veteran's Day
DESCRIPTION:Colonel David M. Bissonnette is the Vice Commander\, 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW)\, Creech Air Force Base\, Nev. He is responsible for all operations and maintenance of the Air Force’s first Remotely Piloted Aircraft wing\, equipped with more than 130 MQ-1B Predator\, MQ-9 Reaper and RQ-170 Sentinel remotely piloted aircraft. The 432d Wing trains pilots\, sensor operators\, and other crewmembers\, and conducts persistent attack and reconnaissance combat operations worldwide. As the 432 WG Vice Commander\, he leads more than 2\,500 active duty\, government civilians\, and contract personnel in three groups and the wing staff. In addition\, as the 432 AEW Vice Commander\, he assists in the execution of operational authorities for the Combined Forces and Joint Forces Air Component Commanders for 432d Wing units as well as twelve Air National Guard combat MQ-1B and MQ-9 units across the United States. \nColonel Bissonnette was commissioned in 1992 as an ROTC graduate of Princeton University. He has served in a variety of operational flying\, staff and command assignments at the squadron\, group\, numbered air force and joint levels. He was the Deputy Commander of the 432d Operations Group\, Commander of the 432d Operations Support Squadron and served as the Director of Operations of the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance and the 15th Reconnaissance Squadrons and a student at the National War College at Ft. McNair\, Washington\, D.C. Most recently\, he served as the Chief of the United States Forces Korea and Combined Forces Command’s Joint Operations Coordination Element and was the primary operations liaison element within the Republic of Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. \nColonel Bissonnette is a command pilot with more than 3\,500 total flying hours in the MQ-1\, MC-12\, F-15 C/D\, and B-52H\, including over 400 combat hours in Operations DESERT FOX\, NOBLE EAGLE\, SOUTHERN and NORTHERN WATCH\, ENDURING FREEDOM\, IRAQI FREEDOM and UNIFIED PROTECTOR. \nEDUCATION\n1992 Bachelor of Science & Engineering\, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering\, Princeton University\, Princeton N.J.\n1999 Squadron Officer School\, Maxwell AFB\, Ala.\n2007 Air Command and Staff College\, Maxwell AFB\, Ala.\, Distinguished Graduate\n2007 Master of Science\, Military Operational Art & Science\, Air University\, Maxwell AFB\, Ala.\n2009 Air War College\, correspondence\n2014 Master of Science\, National Security Strategy\, National War College\, Washington\, D.C.\n2014 National War College\, Ft. McNair\, Washington\, D.C. \nASSIGNMENTS \n\nSeptember 1993 – September 1994\, Student\, Undergraduate Pilot Training\, Vance Air Force Base (AFB)\, Okla.\nOctober 1994 – April 1995\, Student\, B-52 training\, 11th Bomb Squadron\, Barksdale AFB\, La.\nApril 1995 – August 1999\, Assistant Flight Commander\, 20th Bomb Squadron\, Barksdale AFB\, La.\nSeptember 1999 – November 1999\, Student\, Squadron Officer’s School\, Maxwell AFB\, Ala.\nDecember 1999 – November 2000\, Student\, F-15C training\, 1st Fighter Squadron\, Tyndall AFB\, Fla.\nDecember 2000 – July 2003\, Flight Commander\, 94th Fighter Squadron\, Langley AFB\, Va.\nJuly 2003 – July 2005\, Director of Operations\, 39th Operations Squadron\, Incirlik Air Base\, Turkey\nAugust 2005 – June 2006\, Assistant Director of Operations\, 60th Fighter Squadron\, Eglin AFB\, Fla.\nJuly 2006 – June 2007\, Student\, Air Command and Staff College\, Maxwell AFB\, Ala.\nJuly 2007 – May 2008\, Chief of Combat Plans Branch\, 611th Air Operations Center\, Elmendorf AFB\, Alaska\nJune 2008 – September 2009\, Executive Officer to the Commander\, Alaskan Command\, Elmendorf AFB\, Alaska\nOctober 2009 – December 2009\, Student\, MQ-1B training\, 11th Reconnaissance Squadron\, Creech AFB\, Nev.\nJanuary 2010 – July 2010\, Director of Operations\, 15th Reconnaissance Squadron\, Creech AFB\, Nev. (August 2010 – April 2011\, Director of Operations\, 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron\, Kandahar Airfield\, Afghanistan)\nMay 2011 – May 2013\, Commander\, 432d Operations Support Squadron\, Creech AFB\, Nev.\nMay 2013 – July 2013\, Deputy Commander\, 432d Operations Group\, Creech AFB\, Nev.\nJuly 2013 – June 2014\, student\, National War College\, Ft McNair\, Washington\, D.C.\nJuly 2014 – July 2016\, Chief\, USFK/CFC Joint Operations Coordination Element\, United States Army Garrison Yongsan\, Republic of Korea\nJuly 2016 – Present\, Vice Commander\, 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing\, Creech AFB\, Nev.\n\nSUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS \n1. July 2014 – July 2016\, Chief\, USFK/CFC Joint Operations Coordination Element\, United States Army Garrison Yongsan\, Republic of Korea\, as a Colonel. \nFLIGHT INFORMATION\nRating: Command Pilot\nFlight hours: More than 3\,500\nAircraft flown: MQ-1B\, MC-12W\, C-12\, F-15B/C/D\, B-52H \nMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS\nDefense Superior Service Medal\nDefense Meritorious Service Medal\nMeritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters\nAir Medal with four oak leaf clusters\nAerial Achievement Medal with six oak leaf clusters\nAir Force Commendation Medal\nAir Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster \nEFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION\nSecond Lieutenant Jan. 27\, 1993\nFirst Lieutenant Jan. 27\, 1995\nCaptain Jan. 27\, 1997\nMajor June 1\, 2003\nLieutenant Colonel July 1\, 2008\nColonel Nov. 1\, 2014
URL:https://www.lasvegasrotary.com/event/col-david-bissonnette-creech-afb-veterans-day/
LOCATION:Lawry’s The Prime Rib\, 4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy\, Las Vegas\, NE\, 89169\, United States
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