COLONEL MICHAEL JUNGQUIST Colonel Michael Jungquist is Senior Materiel Leader – High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems at Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wrigh-Patterson AFB, Ohio where he leads a 330 member team managing the logistics, sustainment, engineering, and financial support for the U-2S Dragonlady and RQ-4 Globalhawk high altitude reconnaissance systems, which includes foreign materiel sales to two partner nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Col Jungquist received his commission in 2001 through Purdue University Reserve Officer Training Corps, with a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He is a Master Combat Systems Officer with over 2300 hours in 29 different aircraft, mostly in the B-1 where he accrued 680 combat hours on 49 sorties supporting Operation: Enduring Freedom. He earned a master’s degree in Flight Test Engineering upon graduating the USAF Test Pilot School, after which he served multiple tours in operational and developmental flight test in the B-1, staff positions at the Air Force Personnel Center, and program management assignments at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Prior to his current position, the Col was the Inspector General for Air Force Life Cycle Management Center where he served a force of 26 thousand total force employees evaluating leadership effectiveness, management performance, aspects of unit culture, and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse. Col Jungquist had the privilege to serve as Commander of the 419th Flight Test Squadron where he led a 46-member squadron and directed the 550+ member Global Power Bomber Combined Test Force which conducted America’s first flight of an air-launched hypersonic weapon under his command. He has been happily married to his wife since 2001 and is the father of three children. EDUCATION: 2001 Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 2008 Master of Science, Flight Test Engineering, Air University, Edwards AFB, CA 2008 Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL 2010 Air Command and Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL 2017 Air War College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL ASSIGNMENTS: January 2002 – July 2003, Student, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL July 2003 – March 2004, Student, B-1 Formal Training Unit, 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), TX March 2004 – June 2007, Instructor B-1 Weapons Systems Officer, 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, TX (December 2004 – May 2005, B-1 Weapons Systems Officer, 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Naval Supply Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, May 2006 – September 2006, Instructor B-1 Weapons Systems Officer, 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base (AB), Qatar) June 2007 – June 2008, Student, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, CA June 2008 – June 2012, B-1 Flight Commander, 419th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA (August 2010 – February 2011, Electronic Warfare Officer, Special Operations Task Force-East, Bagram AB, Afghanistan). June 2012 – July 2014, Director of Test, 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Dyess AFB, TX Jul 2014 – Jul 2016, Chief, Ops Staff and Special Duty Assignments Branch, Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX July 2016 – June 2018, Program Manager, KC-46 Production Engineering, KC-46 Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH June 2018 – July 2019, Chief, Distributed Training Systems Section, Simulators Program Office, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH July 2019 – June 2020, Director of Operations, 419th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA June 2020 – June 2022, Commander, 419th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA July 2022 – May 2024, Inspector General, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH May 2024 – Present, Senior Materiel Leader-High Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces Program Executive Office, Wright Patterson AFB, OH FLIGHT INFORMATION: Rating: Master Combat Systems Officer Flight hours: 2449 (680 combat) Aircraft flown: B-1B-2088 hours; C-12C-63 hours; 27 others MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters Aerial Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Various expeditionary medals OCCUPATIONAL BADGES: Combat Systems Officer EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION: Second Lieutenant December 26, 2001 First Lieutenant December 26, 2003 Captain December 26, 2005 Major December 1, 2011 Lieutenant Colonel November 1, 2016 Colonel January 1, 2023 (Current as of March 2024)