James A. Dunn is Director, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. The A10 directorate guides and oversees ACC staff activities to maintain an enduring position within the nuclear enterprise as the lead command for dual capable aircraft. With other directorates, A10 integrates and synchronizes activities across ACC in order to provide trained forces, sustainment actions and support to U.S. Air Forces in Europe for extended nuclear deterrence. The directorate also ensures guidance and policy sustains training, provisioning and support to tasked commands and units in nuclear and other strategic deterrent missions. A10 is the command focal point for developing and sustaining relationships with Air Force Global Strike Command, supporting AFGSC forces' integration into combat air force operations, training and exercises in support of combatant commander requirements.

Mr. Dunn graduated from the University of South Carolina and entered the Air Force through Officer Training School where he earned his commission Nov. 7, 1981. He is a master navigator with more than 4,600 flying hours in the B-52, and has been assigned to numerous operational, command and staff positions. He commanded the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group, was Deputy Commander of the 2d Operations Group, and Commander of the 2d Operations Support Squadron, the backbone of B-52 flying operations during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and served as an instructor and operations officer for the school's B-52 division. He has served on the U.S. Strategic Command staff, culminating as Chief, Aircraft Plans, in the plans and policy directorate. He graduated from the Air Command and Staff College, Joint Staff College and Air War College.

EDUCATION
1981 Bachelor of Arts degree, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1991 Master of Aviation Science, Embry Riddle
1996 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1996 Joint Staff College, Norfolk Naval Station, Va.
1999 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2000 Master of Strategic Studies, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
November 1981 - December 1982, student, undergraduate nav training, Mather AFB, Calif.
January 1983 - May 1983, student, B-52H Combat Crew Training, Castle AFB, Calif.
May 1983 - April 1985, B-52H navigator, 337th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas
May 1985 - May 1988, B-52G R N, IRN, Evaluator, 43rd Wg, Andersen AFB, Guam
May 1988 - May 1991, B-52 IRN, Chief of Tactics, 93rd BW, Castle AFB, Calif.
May 1991 - June 1995, IRN, Operations Officer, Det 1, USSAFWS, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
July 1995 - June 1996, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
June 1996 - July 1999, Chief, Aircraft Plans, J523, USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb.
July 1999 - June 2000, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
June 2000 - April 2002, Commander, 2d Operations Support Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
April 2002 - June 2004, Deputy Commander, 2d Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, La.
June 2004 - July 2006, Chief, Flight Operations Division, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va.
July 2006 - June 2008, Commander, Training Support Squadron, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va.
July 2008 - Present, Director, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters ACC, Langley AFB, Va.

AWARDS AND HONORS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War On Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait

(Current as of August 2010)