Col. Abraham L. Jackson is the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley- Eustis, Virginia. In this role, he advocates for intelligence policy and weapons system requirements to enable combat- ready Airmen to ensure rapid deployment and employment globally. The command provides conventional warfare forces to all unified commands to ensure air, cyber, and information superiority for warfighters and national decision-makers.
Col. Jackson commissioned through Officer Training School in 1998, post-graduation from Fort Lewis College with a Bachelor of Political Science. He is a career Intelligence Officer.
Previously, Col. Jackson commanded EUCOM/J2 Joint Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, where he led the indications and warning for the defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and all-source intelligence analysis in the campaign to deny and defeat the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Col. Jackson has served in a variety of operations units, Air Staff positions, and commanded the 19 Weapons Squadron, United States Air Force Weapons School. He has deployed as a squadron intelligence officer, Joint Special Operations Air Component Intelligence Operations Chief, and as Deputy Chief, 609th Air Operations Center ISR Division in support of operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Resolute Support, and Inherent Resolve.
Prior to this assignment, Col. Jackson served as the Chief, Futures and Concepts Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
EDUCATION
2023 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2022 Executive Leadership Program in Managing for Inclusion, Georgetown Univ, Washington D.C.
2019 National/International Security Leadership Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Washington D.C.
2016 Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, R.I.
2011 School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2010 Air Command & Staff College, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Masters, Aeronautical Science, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
2005 Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2003 United States Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1998 Bachelors, Political Science, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
November 1998 – July 1999, student, Intelligence Basic Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
July 1999 – July 2001, Mission Planning, Intelligence Division, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
August 2001 – June 2003, Chief, 13 Fighter Squadron Intelligence, Misawa AB, Japan
July 2003 – December 2003, student, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
January 2004 – July 2006, Chief, Intelligence Weapons & Tactics, 352 Special Operations Group, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
August 2006 – July 2009, Instructor, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
August 2009 – June 2010, student, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
July 2010 – June 2011, student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
July 2011 – May 2013, Strategist & Chief, DCS ISR Action Group, Air Staff, Washington DC
June 2013 – June 2015, Commander, 19 Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
July 2015 – June 2016, student, Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, R.I.
July 2016 – July 2017, Deputy Chief, 609 Air Operations Center ISR Division, Al Udeid, Qatar
July 2017 – July 2018, Division Chief, DCGS & ETP Warfighting Ops, Air Staff, Washington DC
August 2018 – June 2020, Commander, 480 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, Ft Gordon, Ga.
June 2020 – July 2022, Commander, EUCOM/J2, Joint Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom
July 2022 – June 2023, Chief, Futures and Concepts Division, Air Staff, Washington DC
June 2023 – Present, Director of Intelligence, Headquarters ACC, JB Langley-Eustis, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
July 2016 – July 2017, Deputy Chief, 609 Air Operations Center ISR Division, Al Udeid, Qatar, as a Lieutenant Colonel.
August 2018 – June 2020, Commander, 480 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, Ft Gordon, Ga., as a Colonel.
June 2020 – July 2022, Commander, EUCOM/J2, Joint Analytic Center, RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom, as a Colonel.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant November 13, 1998
First Lieutenant November 13, 2000
Captain November 13, 2002
Major July 1, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2011
Colonel April 1, 2018
(Current as of November 2023)