Colonel Joseph “Dealer” Goldsmith is the Director of Staff for Air Combat Command, where he leads a 60-person executive support team for the commander and deputy commander. ACC operates more than 1,000 aircraft, 35 wings, 11 bases, and 1,348 units at more than 300 operating locations worldwide with 159,000 total force military and civilian personnel. When mobilized, the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve contribute more than 700 aircraft and 49,000 people to Air Combat Command.
Col. Goldsmith commissioned in 2003 as a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering. He graduated Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base then flew a short operational tour in the F-15C before transitioning to MQ-1 & MQ-9.
Col. Goldsmith has extensive flying experience with 3200 total hours of which 2000 were providing Persistent Recon and Strike support to deployed forces. He was initial cadre for the 20th Reconnaissance Squadron and has deployed as a launch and recovery pilot and an Air Ops Center Liaison. On Air Combat Command staff, he managed RPA beddown actions then oversaw ACC Total Force Associations.
While commanding the 62d Expeditionary Attack Squadron, Col. Goldsmith sustained airpower during COVID and retrograde operations. He then graduated Air War College with Academic Distinction and returned to ACC as the F-35 Requirements Officer and Commander of ACC’s Director of Staff. Col. Goldsmith is married to Susan, and they have a daughter, Riley, and two sons, Tyler, and Evan.
EDUCATION
2003 Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Engr, USAF Academy, Colo.
2011 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2014 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2015 Master of Science, Systems Engr, Air Force Institute of Technology Distance Learning, Ohio
2019 Air War College, by correspondence
2023 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 04 – August 05, Student, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2. August 05 – April 06, Student, F-15C Formal Training Unit, 2d Fighter Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
3. April 06 – January 08, F-15C Scheduler / Safety Officer, 390 FS, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
4. January 08 – July 08, Student, MQ-1 Formal Training Unit, 11th Reconnaissance Squadron, Creech AFB, Nev.
5. July 08 – November 10, MQ-1 Instructor / Chief of Weapons, 15th RS, Creech AFB, Nev.
6. November 10 – April 13, MQ-1 Instructor / Flight Commander, 20th RS, Whiteman AFB, Mo.
7. April 13 – April 14, MQ-1 Instructor / Chief of Weapons, 6th RS, Holloman AFB, N.M.
8. April 14 – April 15, MQ-1 Evaluator / MQ-1 Stan-Eval Branch Chief, 49th Operations Group, Holloman AFB, N.M.
9. April 15 – June 16, MQ-1 Evaluator / Director of Exercises, 49th Wing, Holloman AFB, N.M.
10. June 16 – July 17, Director of Operations / MQ-9 Evaluator, 29 Attack Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.
11. July 17 – January 20, Air Basing Deputy Branch Chief, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
12. January 20 – February 21, Commander, 62d Expeditionary Attack Squadron, Kandahar/Dwyer, Afghanistan
13. February 21 – July 22, Total Force Integration Branch Chief, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
14. July 22 – June 23, Air War College student, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
15. June 23 – May 24, F-35 Operations Requirements Branch, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
16. May 24 – current, Director of Staff for Commander Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 3,200, including 108 combat hours, 1,950 combat support hours
Aircraft Flown: MQ-9, MQ-1, F-15C, T-38A, T-37, AT-38
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with eighteen oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with an oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Remote Combat Effects Medal with three oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28, 2003
First Lieutenant May 28, 2005
Captain May 28, 2007
Major May 1, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel Feb 1, 2018
Colonel Sept 1. 2024
(Current as of Sept 2024)