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Major General James B. Armor Jr.:Military Branch:United States Airforce | |
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Selected for reassignment as Director, National Security Space Integration, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen. James B. Armor Jr. is Director, Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, D.C. He leads a multiservice and multiagency team that acquires, deploys and operates multibillion-dollar space and Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence systems to satisfy military, intelligence community and civil needs. The organization develops advanced SIGINT systems used as force multipliers by warfighters, and national and Department of Defense policymakers, and provides direct satellite reconnaissance and intelligence products to unified commanders in chief and deployed warfighters. The general was commissioned in 1973 through the ROTC program at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. He served as a missile launch officer with the 381st Strategic Missile Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and laser signals intelligence analyst with the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. He was a manned space flight engineer for the NRO at Los Angeles Air Force Station, Calif., and also trained as a shuttle payload specialist. He was first to study information warfare while a National War College research fellow at the National Defense University. At Headquarters U.S. Air Force he served in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, and in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition where he worked various key access programs. He also served in several program management positions, including directing responsibilities for the navigational, strategic, tactical and relay Global Positioning System at the Space and Missile Systems Center. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Vice Commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins AFB, Ga. EDUCATION 1973 Bachelor of Science in psychology and electrical engineering, with honors, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 1976 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1977 Distinguished graduate, Master of Science degree in electrical engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1981 Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. 1983 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1985 National Security Management Course, by correspondence 1990 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. September 1973 - August 1976, senior instructor, deputy missile combat crew commander, 381st Strategic Missile Wing, McConnell AFB, Kan. 2. August 1976 - December 1977, graduate student, School of Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 3. December 1977 - June 1981, Chief, Laser Signal Intelligence Branch, Foreign Technology Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 4. June 1981 - December 1981, student, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va. 5. December 1981 - November 1986, Assistant Deputy for Mission Integration, later, manned space flight engineer and astronaut select, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Special Projects, Los Angeles Air Force Station, Calif. 6. November 1986 - July 1989, Deputy Division Chief for Special Technology Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 7. July 1989 - July 1990, senior research fellow, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 8. August 1990 - August 1992, Deputy Chief, Space Communications Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, later, Director of Space and Strategic Defense Initiative programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 9. August 1992 - August 1994, Deputy Program Director, Advanced Systems Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 10. August 1994 - July 1996, Program Director, Defense Dissemination Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 11. July 1996 - October 1999, System Program Director, NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Joint Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. 12. October 1999 - June 2001, Vice Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga. 13. June 2001 - present, Director, Signals Intelligence Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office, Washington, D.C. BADGES Missileman Badge Master Space Badge Senior Acquisition Badge MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with three oak leaf clusters EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 6, 1973 First Lieutenant Sept. 26, 1975 Captain Sept. 26, 1977 Major Nov. 1, 1982 Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 1987 Colonel Oct. 1, 1992 Brigadier General Jan. 1, 2000 Major General Sept. 1, 2004 |
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