Colonel Jeffrey A. Phillips is the Director of Cyberspace Operations and Warfighting Communications, and Chief Information Officer, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He leads a staff and two subordinate units responsible for delivering enterprise-level information technology and expeditionary programs to increase the U.S. Air Force's ability to provide combat forces to Combatant Commanders. Colonel Phillips provides the strategic vision, policy, guidance, and advocacy to drive the engineering and integration to build, extend, operate, secure, and defend the Air Force portion of the Department of Defense global network. He is responsible to organize, train and equip cyberspace capability and communications for the command’s 35 wings, 1,000 aircraft, 12 bases and 263 worldwide operating locations with 154,219 total force military personnel.
Colonel Phillips commissioned in 1999 from Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. He has served as the Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Commander, 67th Cyberspace Wing, the Air Combat Command Information Warfare Division Chief, Executive Officer to COMACC, Commander, 390th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, JBSA-Lackland, TX; Commander, 35th Communications Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan; Chief, Mission Support Colonel Assignments, Manpower, Personnel, and Services Directorate, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, specialization in computer information systems from Saint Leo College in Langley AFB, Virginia and a master’s degree in information resource management from Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio.
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Specialization in Computer Information Systems, Saint Leo College, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
2003 Master of Science in Information Resource Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2004 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2008 Intermediate Development Education, Air Force Intern Program and Air Command and Staff College, by Correspondence
2011 Master of Philosophy in Strategic Studies, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2014 Senior Developmental Education, Air War College by Correspondence
2018 Master of Science in National Security Strategy, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington DC
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1993 – February 1999, Configuration Management Specialist, 82nd Computer Systems Squadron, Air Combat Command Communications Group, Langley AFB, Virginia
2. February 1999 – May 1999, Student, Officer Training School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
3. May 1999 – September 1999, Student, Basic Communications Officer Training, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
4. September 1999 – July 2000, Deputy Flight Commander, Plans and Implementation Flight, 20th Communications Squadron, Shaw AFB, South Carolina
5. July 2000 – July 2001, Executive Officer to the Commander, 20th Support Group, Shaw AFB, South Carolina
6. August 2001 – March 2003, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. March 2003 – January 2005, Project Manager, 690th Computer Systems Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
8. January 2005 – July 2006, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander, Air Intelligence Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas
9. August 2006 – July 2007, Air Force Intern, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC
10. July 2007 – June 2008, Staff Officer, Communications & Information panel, Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Pentagon, Washington DC
11. June 2008 – June 2010, Chief, Mission Support Colonel Assignments, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC
12. July 2010 – July 2011, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
13. July 2011 – June 2013, Commander, 35th Communications Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan
14. June 2013 – June 2015, Joint Plans Analyst Global Functional Branch Chief, USCYBERCOM, Ft. Meade, Maryland
15. June 2015 – July 2017, Commander, 390th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
16. July 2017 – June 2018, Student, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington D.C.
17. June 2018 – July 2019, Executive Officer to the Commander of Air Combat Command, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
18. July 2019 – July 2020, Chief, Information Warfare Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
19. July 2020 – May 2022, Commander, 67th Cyberspace Wing, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
20. June 2022 – Jul 2023, Director of Staff, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
21. Jul 2023 – Present, Director of Cyberspace and Warfighting Communications, Headquarters Air Combat Command, JB Langley- Eustis, Virginia
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
National Defense Service Medal with Star
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 21, 1999
First Lieutenant May 21, 2001
Captain May 21, 2003
Major November 1, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel November 1, 2013
Colonel March 1, 2019
(Current as of September 2024)