Colonel Trevor Nitz, Commander, Heavy Airlift Wing Colonel Trevor W. Nitz of the United States Air Force is the Commander of the Strategic Airlift Capability Heavy Airlift Wing, HDF Pápa Air Base, Hungary from 1 July 2015. Colonel Nitz is a graduate of North Dakota State University. He joined the United States Air Force in 1989 and completed his Undergraduate Pilot Training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas in 1991. A command pilot, Colonel Nitz served from 1991 to 1994 as a C-21A instructor Pilot and Chief of Safety at the 457th Airlift Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. In 1994 he joined the 459th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan serving as a C21A Examiner/Instructor Pilot and the Chief of Training and Tactics. In 1996 Colonel Nitz converted to the C-17A and served as an Instructor Pilot and Chief Pilot at the 17th and then 15th Airlift Squadrons and as the Chief of Wing Readiness at the 437 Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. In 1999 he transferred to McChord Air Force Base, Washington where he led the transition from the C- 141B to the C-17A, serving first as the Deputy Chief of Operational Plans of the 62 Airlift Wing, then as a C-17A Examiner / Instructor Pilot in the 7th Airlift Squadron and finally as the Chief C-17A Pilot at the 62nd Operations Group, again championing the transfer of the Prime Nuclear Airlift Force mission from the C-141B to the C-17A. Since 2003 Colonel Nitz has served in various headquarters staff positions, first as a Strategy and Policy Officer at the Directorate of Plans and Programs and as a Special Action Officer on the Commander’s Action Group at Air Mobility Command Headquarters, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. In 2005 Colonel Nitz became the Director of Operations for the 311th Airlift Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. From August 2006 he served as the Chief of Safety of the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. In July 2007 he assumed command of the 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. From July 2009 to July 2010 he served as the Director of Operations of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Before joining the Heavy Airlift Wing in 2013 as the Vice Commander, Colonel Nitz served as the Commander of the 437th Operations Group at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina from September 2011 to June 2013. Colonel Nitz is a graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Air War College. He is a command pilot with more than 4,400 flying hours in the T-37B, T-38B, C-21A and C17A aircraft.