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BIOGRAPHY

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
COLONEL GLEN R. DOWNING
Colonel Glen Downing is Commander, Air Force ROTC Detachment 905 and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. His responsibilities include recruiting, educating and training cadets in preparation for active duty service as commissioned officers in the United States Air Force through academic instruction in Air Force doctrine, history and national security studies, as well as practical experience in all aspects of leadership and officership.
Colonel Downing is a native of Nevada, Iowa. He was commissioned in 1989 through Air Force ROTC at Iowa State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering. The colonel completed specialized undergraduate navigator training in 1991 and is a 1996 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. With more than 1,800 total flight hours, Colonel Downing has served in operations Provide Promise, Southern Watch, Allied Force, and Enduring Freedom. He has commanded a squadron, served as vice commander of a wing, and held multiple positions on the headquarters staff of Air Mobility Command and in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.


EDUCATION:

1989 Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

1996 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

1996 Master of Science in operations management, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.

2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

2004 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

2005 Master of Military Arts and Sciences in theater operations, School of Advanced Military

Studies, Ft Leavenworth, Kan.

2006 Air War College, by correspondence

2009 Master of Strategic Studies with Academic Distinction, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

2011 USAF Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS:

1. June 1990 - August 1991, student, specialized undergraduate navigator training, 450th and 453d

Flying Training Squadrons, Mather AFB, Calif.
2. September 1991 - September 1994, EC-130H instructor mission crew commander and mission

crew commander course manager, 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.

3. October 1994 -April 1998, C-130E instructor navigator and deputy chief, course management and

curriculum branch, C-130 weapons instructor course, AMWC Combat Aerial Delivery School,

Little Rock AFB, Ark.

4. May 1998 - January 2000, C-130E AWADS evaluator navigator and chief, weapons and tactics,

2d Airlift Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.
5. February 2000 - February 2001, C-130E AWADS instructor navigator and chief, wing weapons

and tactics, 43d Operations Support Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.

6. March 2001 - April 2002, chief, combat programs and policy branch, combat operations division,

directorate of operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.

7. May 2002 - May 2003, chief, C-130J policy and procedures, operations modernization division,

directorate of operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.

8. June 2003 - June 2004, student, Command and General Staff Officer Course, Command and

General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, Kan.

9. July 2004 - May 2005, student, Advanced Military Studies Program, School of Advanced Military

Studies, Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, Kan.

10. June 2005 - June 2006, operations officer, 375th Operations Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
11. July 2006 - July 2008, Commander, 32d Student Squadron, Squadron Officer College, Maxwell

AFB, Ala.

12. August 2008 - May 2009, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
13. June 2009 - June 2010, chief, strategy and assessments division, Secretary of the Air Force office

of public affairs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

14. June 2010 – July 2012, Vice Commander, 81st Training Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss.

15. July 2012 – November 2014, chief, mobility division, global reach directorate, office of the

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
16. November 2014 – Present, Commander, Air Force ROTC Detachment 905 and Professor of

Aerospace Studies, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash.

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: senior navigator

Flight hours: More than 1,800
Aircraft flown: C-130E, EC-130H, T-43 and T-37

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

Program Management, Level II, Acquisition Professional Development Program

Test and Evaluation, Level II, Acquisition Professional Development Program
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant Mar 18, 1990

First Lieutenant Mar 18, 1992
Captain Mar 18, 1994
Major May 1, 2001
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2005
Colonel Sep 1, 2009

(Current as of February 2015)