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Air Combat Command Senior Leaders

Command Staff Leadership

CG - Air National Guard Assistant to COMACC - Maj. Gen. Michael A. Loh
CG - Director of Air National Guard Forces - Col. Dean Tremps
CR - AF Reserve Mobilization Assistant to COMACC - Brig. Gen. Eric S. Overturf
DS - Director of Staff - Col. Steve W. Biggs
IA - Political Advisor - Dr. Albert U. Mitchum
A1 - Directorate of Manpower and Personnel - Col. Joan H. Garbutt
A2 - Intelligence Directorate - Brig. Gen. Pete Lambert
A3 - Directorate of Air and Space Operations - Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Deale
A4 - Directorate of Maintenance and Logistics - Brig. Gen. Carl A. Buhler 
A5/8/9 - Directorate of Plans, Programs and Requirements - Brig. Gen. Russell Mack 

A6 - Communications Directorate - Col. Jason Sutton 

A10 - Director of Strategic Deterrence & Nuclear Integration- Mr. Lawrence Averbeck

FM - Comptroller - Col. Lester A. "JR" Weilacher
HC - Command Chaplain - Chaplain (Col.) Timothy A. Butler
IG - Inspector General - Brig. Gen. Richard Coe  

JA - Staff Judge Advocate - Col. Sharon A. Shaffer 

PA - Director of Public Affairs - Col. Edward T. (Tadd) Sholtis

ST - Scientific Advisor to the Commander - Dr. Janet S. Fender
SE - Director of Safety - Col. Robert Trsek 

SG - Command Surgeon - Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Sean L. Murphy 

HO - Command Historian - Mr. Michael Dugre
AMIC - Acquisition Management & Integration Center - Mr. Randall J. McFadden

 

Biography Alphabetical List

Biographies Updated
Colonel Sharon A. Shaffer is the Staff Judge Advocate for Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. As staff judge advocate, she is the principal legal adviser to the Commander Air Combat Command (ACC) and headquarters staff on all legal issues involving military justice, combat operations, civil litigation, environmental law, claims, international law, and administrative law. She provides professional guidance to over 300 active duty, reserve and civilian attorneys and to over 300 enlisted paralegals and civilians. Colonel Shaffer’s office establishes policy oversight for 17 legal offices, including six general court-martial jurisdictions, which provide legal services to over 134,000 active duty members and civilians and their eligible dependents. COLONEL SHARON A. SHAFFER

Colonel Sharon A. Shaffer is the Staff Judge Advocate for Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. As staff judge advocate, she is the principal legal adviser to the Commander Air Combat Command (ACC) and headquarters staff on all legal issues involving military justice, combat operations, civil litigation, environmental law, claims, international law, and administrative law. She provides professional guidance to over 300 active duty, reserve and civilian attorneys and to over 300 enlisted paralegals and civilians. Colonel Shaffer’s office establishes policy oversight for 17 legal offices, including six general court-martial jurisdictions, which provide legal services to over 134,000 active duty members and civilians and their eligible dependents.
 8/08
2016
Default Air Force Logo Senior Master Sergeant Samuel Smith


 3/09
2017
Default Air Force Logo MASTER SERGEANT SAMUEL "SAM" SMITH

Master Sgt. Samuel Smith is the U.S. Air Force's F-35A Lightning II Heritage Team Chief, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. As the F-35A Heritage Flight team chief, he is responsible for representing Air Education and Training Command, Air Combat Command, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, and the United States of America at 16
 2/12
2016
Colonel Jason K. Sutton is the Director of Communications, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He is responsible for cyberspace and communications policy, resource advocacy, and program management supporting ACC’s mission—providing combat ready forces to deliver dominant combat airpower in support of national security strategy implementation. His team provides critical cyberspace and communications support for the command’s 34 wings, 1,300 aircraft, 19 bases, and 70 worldwide operating locations with 94,000 active-duty and civilian personnel. COLONEL JASON K. SUTTON

Colonel Jason K. Sutton is the Director of Communications, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He is responsible for cyberspace and communications policy, resource advocacy, and program management supporting ACC’s mission—providing combat ready forces to deliver dominant combat airpower in support of national security strategy implementation. His team provides critical cyberspace and communications support for the command’s 34 wings, 1,300 aircraft, 19 bases, and 70 worldwide operating locations with 94,000 active-duty and civilian personnel.
 8/08
2016
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