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COLONEL LANE R. HUMPHREYS
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COLONEL LANE R. HUMPHREYS
Colonel Lane R. Humphreys is the Vice Commander of the 53rd Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The wing comprises approximately 2,200 military and civilian people at 22 locations throughout the United States. The 53rd Wing is responsible for fighter, bomber and remotely piloted air vehicle operational testing and evaluation, and tactics development and evaluation in the areas of electronic combat, armament, avionics and aircrew training devices. His command includes the air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons systems evaluation programs Combat Archer and Combat Hammer, as well as the electronic warfare evaluation program, Combat Shield. His previous assignment was as a senior policy advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Nuclear Missile and Defense Policy, Global Strategic Affairs, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon.
Colonel Humphreys received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. He earned his navigator wings at Mather AFB, Calif., in 1992 and was qualified as a B-52H navigator in 1993. Previous assignments include tours as an instructor radar navigator and Formal Training Unit instructor in addition to a staff tour within the Air Room at Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Command. He served in Operations Allied Force, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom and is a master navigator with over 3,200 flight hours.
EDUCATION:
1991 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2000 Masters of Art in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Louisiana Tech University, La.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, Non-resident, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Air War College, Non-resident, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. August 1991 - July 1992, Student, Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training, Mather AFB, Calif.
2. August 1992 - June 1993, Student, B-52G Combat Crew Training, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. June 1993 - April 1996, B-52H Navigator and Instructor, 23d and 72d Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
4. April 1996 - April 2000, B-52H Radar Navigator, Instructor Radar Navigator and Evaluator, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
5. April 2000 - April 2001, B-52H Instructor Radar Navigator, Evaluator Radar Navigator and Student Flight Commander, 11th Bomb Squadron (Formal Training Unit), Barksdale AFB, La.
6. April 2001 - April 2002, Flight Commander, 2d Operations Support Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
7. April 2002 - April 2004, Executive Officer to the Commander, 2d Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, La.
8. April 2004 - June 2005, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
9. June 2005 - June 2007 Chief, Aircraft Strike Branch, Strike Planning Division, Plans Directorate (J-5), Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike and Integration, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
10. June 2007 - June 2008, Director of Operations, 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
11. June 2008 - June 2010, Commander, 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
12. August 2010 - June 2011, Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
13. June 2011 - June 2012 Senior Policy Advisor, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, the Pentagon, Washington, DC.
14. June 2012 - present, vice commander, 53rd Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.
FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Rating: Master Navigator
Flight hours: More than 3200
Combat hours: 200
Aircraft flown: T-43, B-52G, B-52H
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Combat Action Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant May 29, 1991
First Lieutenant May 29, 1993
Captain May 29, 1995
Major April 1, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 2006
Colonel April 1, 2012
(Current as of June 2012)
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