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Major General Mark A. Welsh III:Military Branch:United States Airforce | |
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Selected for reassignment as Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, U.S. Strategic Command, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen. Mark A. Welsh III is Director of Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Welsh is responsible for directing, planning and programming 130 Air Force, joint service and international programs with a $1.5 billion annual budget. General Welsh was born in San Antonio, Texas. He entered the Air Force in June 1976 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has been assigned to numerous operational, command and staff positions. EDUCATION 1976 Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1984 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1986 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1987 Master of Science degree in computer resource management, Webster University 1988 Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 1990 Air War College, by correspondence 1993 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1995 Fellow, Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1998 Fellow, National Security Studies Program, Syracuse University and John Hopkins University, Syracuse, N.Y. 1999 Fellow, Ukrainian Security Studies, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 2002 The General Manager Program, Harvard Business School, Harvard University ASSIGNMENTS 1. August 1976 - July 1977, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams Air Force Base, Ariz. 2. July 1977- January 1981, T-37 instructor pilot and class commander, Williams AFB, Ariz. 3. January 1981 - May 1981, student, fighter lead-in training, Holloman AFB, N.M. 4. May 1981 - August 1981, student, A-10 training, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. 5. August 1981 - May 1984, instructor pilot, flight commander and wing standardization and evaluation flight examiner, 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron and 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Woodbridge, England 6. May 1984 - June 1987, Commander, Cadet Squadron 5, later, executive officer to the Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 7. June 1987 - June 1988, student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. 8. June 1988 - October 1988, student, F-16 conversion training, Luke AFB, Ariz. 9. October 1988 - July 1992, operations officer, 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, later, Commander, 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah 10. July 1992 - June 1993, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 11. June 1993 - June 1995, Chief, Defense and Space Operations Division, Operations Directorate (J-3), the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. 12. June 1995 - April 1997, Commander, 347th Operations Group, Moody AFB, Ga. 13. April 1997 - June 1998, Commander, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea 14. June 1998 - June 1999, Commander, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 15. June 1999 - September 2001, Commandant of Cadets and Commander, 34th Training Wing, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 16. September 2001 - April 2003, Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany 17. April 2003 - present, Director of Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 3,200 Aircraft flown: F-16, A-10, T-37 and TG-7A MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Medal with oak leaf cluster Aerial Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant June 2, 1976 First Lieutenant June 2, 1978 Captain June 2, 1980 Major May 1, 1985 Lieutenant Colonel June 1, 1989 Colonel Feb. 1, 1994 Brigadier General Aug. 1, 2000 Major General Aug. 1, 2003 |
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