Command Staff Leadership

CG - Air National Guard Forces Assistant to COMACC - Maj. Gen. Greg Semmel
CR - AF Reserve Mobilization Assistant to COMACC - Brig. Gen. Christopher A. Freeman
DS - Director of Staff - Col David R. Gunter
IA - Political Advisor - Mr. Thomas K. Gainey
A1 - Directorate of Manpower and Personnel - Col Tiaa Henderson
A2 - Intelligence Directorate - Col. Abraham Jackson
A3 - Directorate of Air and Space Operations - Brig. Gen David G. Shoemaker
A4 - Directorate of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection - Brig. Gen. Jennifer Hammerstedt
A5/8/9 - Directorate of Plans, Programs and Requirements - Maj. Gen. Christopher J. Niemi

A6 - Communications Directorate - Col Jeffrey A. Phillips

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

FM - Comptroller - Col. Jack P. Gardner
HC - Command Chaplain - Col. Trent Davis
IG - Inspector General - Brig. Gen. Travolis A. Simmons

JA - Staff Judge Advocate - Col. Tyson D. Kindness

PA - Director of Public Affairs - Col. John J. Sheets

ST - Scientific Advisor to the Commander - Dr. John D. Matyjas
SE - Director of Safety - Col. Joseph Augustine

SG - Command Surgeon - 

HO - Command Historian - Mr. Michael Dugre
AMIC - Acquisition Management & Integration Center - Mr. Timothy Applegate

CDO - Command Data Officer - Dr. Bereket Tanju

CDIO - Command Diversity and Inclusion Officer - Ms. Andrea Contratto

 

Biography Alphabetical List

Colonel ANTHONY A KLEIGER

Col. Anthony A. Kleiger is the Director of Safety for Air Combat Command, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He is responsible for implementing the command’s flight, occupational, and weapons safety mishap prevention programs designed to preserve combat capability by providing guidance and directives to all ACC subordinate units (NAFs, center, wings and squadrons). He advises the ACC commander and staff on mishap trends, problem areas, and command-level initiatives. In addition, he provides direction, guidance, and assistance to all of the command’s safety investigations. Col. Kleiger oversees safety guidance for 35 wings, 26 weapon systems, over 1,000 aircraft and 157,000 personnel.

Col. Kleiger received his commission in 1988 through Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. He has flown Western Pacific Deployment Missions in the EA- 6B and Operations NOBLE EAGLE, UNIFIED PROTECTOR in the E-3. His Headquarters Air Combat Command staff experience includes positions in CAF Scheduling, Joint Operations Branch and as a deployed executive officer to the CENTCOM Deputy Combined Force Air Component Commander. He served as the Chief, Readiness Branch at United States Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Prior to his current assignment, he was the NATO AWACS Maintenance Group Commander and AFELM Commander at NATO Air Base, Geilenkirchen, Germany.

EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Business Administration, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
1988 The Basic School Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va.
1992 Undergraduate Strike Pilot Training, Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.
1994 EA-6B Fleet Replacement Squadron, NAS Whidbey Island, Wash.
2003 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
2006 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2007 Joint Forces Staff College JPME Phase II, Norfolk, Va.
2010 Master of Science degree in aeronautical science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla.
2013 Air War College, by correspondence
2018 Naval War College, in residence

ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1989 - July 1989, student, Basic School, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Va.
2. July 1989 - December 1989, action officer, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Va.
3. January 1990 - November 1990, student, Naval Aviator, NAS Pensacola, NAS Whiting Field, Fla.
4. November 1990 - July 1992, student, Naval Aviator, NAS Meridian, Miss.
5. July 1992 - May 1994, student, EA-6B Fleet Replacement SQ, VAQ-129, NAS Whidbey Island, Wash.
6. May 1994 - June 1996, EA-6B Aircraft Commander, schedules officer, VMAQ-2, MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.
7. June 1996 - September 1998, T-34 evaluation pilot, Undergrad Navigator Training, VT-4, NAS Pensacola, Fla.
8. December 2002 - October 2003, student, E-3 pilot, Tinker AFB, Okla.
9. October 2003 - June 2004, assistant flight commander, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
10. June 2004 - January 2006, Flight Commander, 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
11. January 2006 - September 2006, Assistant Director of Operations, 552nd Training Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
12. September 2006 - February 2007, Chief, Flight Deck Requirements, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla.
13. February 2007 - June 2008, Deputy Chief, CAF Scheduling Branch, HQ ACC/A3O, Langley AFB, Va.
14. June 2008 - July 2009, executive officer, CENTCOM DCFACC, 609th CAOC, Al Udeid, Qatar
15. July 2009 - March 2010, Chief, Joint Operations Branch, Headquarters ACC/A3J, Langley AFB, Va.
16. March 2010 - September 2010, student, E-3 instructor pilot, Tinker AFB, Okla.
17. September 2010 - June 2011, assistant director of operations, 552nd Operations Support Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
18. June 2011 - September 2012, Director of Operations, 552nd Operations Support Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
19. September 2012 - October 2014, Commander, 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
20. October 2014 - July 2017, Chief, Readiness Branch, USPACOM J3, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
21. July 2017 - July 2018, student, Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, R.I.
22. July 2018 - June 2020, Commander, Maintenance Group/AFELM, E-3A Component, NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force, NATO Air Base, Geilenkirchen, Germany
23. July 2020 - Present, Director of Safety, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
Oct 2014 - Jul 2017, Chief Readiness Branch, Current Operations Division, USPACOM J-3 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Jul 2018 - Jun 2020, Commander, NATO AWACS Maintenance Group, NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force as a Colonel.

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight Hours: More than 4,400
Aircraft flown: E-3A/B/C/G, EA-6B, TA-4J, T-2C, T-34C

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Navy Achievement Medal
Meritorious Unit Award
AF Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant, Dec. 9, 1988
First Lieutenant, Jan. 20, 1991
Captain, Jan. 26, 1998
Major, March 1, 2006
Lieutenant Colonel, Feb. 1, 2011
Colonel, Jun. 1, 2017

(Current as of January 2021)