Colonel Dean A. Tremps is the Director of Air National Guard Forces, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. He advises the commander and ACC staff on all matters relating to the Air National Guard and serves as the liaison between ACC and the National Guard Bureau, as well as all ACC gained ANG units.
Colonel Tremps was commissioned in 1988 after graduating from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He has flown the T-38, F-15C, and F-16C aircraft. He has deployed and has combat time in the F-15C, F-16C, and most recently the MQ-1B aircraft in support of Operation Provide Comfort, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn. He has also flown several Operation Noble Eagle and POTUS defense missions. Colonel Tremps has been a Guardsman since 1998, serving in both traditional and active-duty statuses. Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Tremps served as Air Education and Training Command ANG advisor to the director of operations, AETC, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
He is a command pilot with more than 3,200 military flying hours.
EDUCATION
1988 ROTC graduate and Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1994 Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1994 Master of Aeronautical Science, Aviation Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1988 - November 1989, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB, Texas
2. May 1990 - August 1994, T-38 Instructor Pilot/Check Pilot, Asst. Flight Commander, Wing Executive Officer, 47 Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas
3. September 1994 - March 1995, student, F-15C Formal Training Unit, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
4. April 1995 - February 1998, F-15C pilot and Flight Commander, 493 Fighter Squadron, Lakenheath AFB, UK
5. September 1998 - February 1999, student, F-16C Formal Training Unit, Tucson IAP, Ariz.
6. February 1999 - January 2001, F-16C pilot and Flight Commander, 163 Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard, Fort Wayne, Ind.
7. January 2001 - September 2004, F-16C pilot and Operations Officer, 163 Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard, Fort Wayne, Ind.
8. September 2004 - March 2005, F-16C pilot and Squadron Commander, 163 Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard, Fort Wayne, Ind.
9. March 2005 - December 2006, Air National Guard Advisor for Flying Training, AETC, T-38C Pilot Instructor Training Instructor Pilot, Randolph AFB, Texas
10. January 2007 - June 2010, Air National Guard Advisor to the Director of Intelligence, Operations, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
11. June 2010 - March 2011 - Air Combat Command Air National Guard Advisor to the Director of Operations, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
12. March 2011 - Present - Air Combat Command Director of Air National Guard Forces, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,200 military and 4,300 total
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38C, F-15C, F-16C, MQ-1B, B-737, A319/320
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters
AF Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
AF Overseas Ribbon, Long
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 2 'M' Devices
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant August 10, 1988
First Lieutenant August 10, 1990
Captain August 10, 1992
Major October 1, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel November 2, 2003
Colonel September 28, 2007
(Current as of June 2013)