Colonel Mike Buck

BIOGRAPHY AFROTC DETACHMENT 847 Angelo State University, ASU Station # 10905, San Angelo, Texas 76909-0905 (325) 942-2036 COLONEL MICHAEL K. BUCK Colonel Michael Buck is the commander, AFROTC Det 847, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas. He is responsible for recruiting, training, motivating, and educating Air Force officer candidates. He is the senior Air Force officer on the campus with dual responsibilities as detachment commander and Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Studies with rank of full professor. Colonel Buck is responsible for determining who is accepted, trained, and ultimately commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. Colonel Buck entered the Air Force in 1981 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. His career includes operational tours in the F-111 and A-10 including deployments to Operations DESERT SHIELD/STORM/SOUTHERN WATCH. He has held a variety of positions including F-111 Operational Test and Evaluation and Air Staff expert on Air Force Worldwide Munitions Requirements while at the Pentagon. He culminated his operational career flying the A-10 while serving as Commander, 51st Operations Support Squadron. After a year in residence at Air War College, he returned to the Pentagon for tours in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and then on the Joint Staff. Prior to assuming his current position, Colonel Buck was the Executive Assistant for the Director, Joint Staff. A highly selective position, he was responsible for directing all facets of critical staff actions for 1500+ personnel across eight Joint Staff directorates, the Chairman's staff, the Services, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and interagency organizations. EDUCATION 2007 AETC Academic Instructor School, Maxwell AFB, AL 2002 Master of Arts – Strategic Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL 1994 Master of Arts – National Security & Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, RI 1993 Air Command & Staff College (non-residence), Maxwell AFB, AL 1988 Squadron Officer School – Maxwell AFB, AL 1986 Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV 1981 Bachelor of Science – Computer Sciences, US Air Force Academy, CO ASSIGNMENTS 2007 – Present, Commander, AFROTC Det 847, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 2006 – 2007, Executive Assistant for the Director, Joint Staff, The Joint Staff, Washington D.C. 2005 – 2006, Vice Director for Manpower and Personnel, The Joint Staff, Washington D.C. 2002 – 2005, Senior Military Analyst then Deputy Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense (Readiness Programming & Assessment), Washington D.C. 2001 – 2002, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL 1999 – 2001, Commander, 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan AB, ROK 1998 – 1999, A-10 Flight Lead and Chief, Wing Plans, 347th WG, Moody AFB, GA 1997 – 1998, Current Operations and Combat Plans Flight Commander, 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan AB, ROK 1996 – 1997, Student, A-10 Replacement Training Unit, 357th Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 1996 (Mar – Nov), Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Washington D.C. 1994 – 1996, Chief, Air-to-Ground Munitions Requirements, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Washington D.C. 1993 – 1994, Student, Naval College of Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, RI 1991 – 1993, F-111 Test Pilot and Chief, F-111 Projects Branch, 57th Test Group, Nellis AFB, NV 1988 –1991, F-111 Instructor Pilot and Flight Commander, 493rd, 492nd and 495th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, RAF Lakenheath, UK 1988 (Jan – Mar), Student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL 1987 (Jan – Dec), F-111D Instructor Pilot and Chief, Weapons and Tactics Branch, 524th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM 1986 (Aug – Dec), Student, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Mountain Home AFB, ID 1985 – 1986, F-111D Instructor Pilot & Chief, Mobility Plans, 524th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM 1983 – 1985, F-111F Pilot and Life Support Officer, 492ndd Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, U.K. 1982 – 1983, Student, F-111, 524th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron Replacement Training Unit, Cannon AFB, NM 1981 – 1982, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Reese AFB, TX FLIGHT INFORMATION: Rating: Command Pilot Flight Hours: 2,800 Aircraft Flown: A-10, F-111A/D/F/G MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Defense Superior Service Medal (1Oak Leaf Cluster) Distinguished Flying Cross Meritorious Service Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters) Air Medal (3 Oak Leaf Clusters) Aerial Achievement Medal (3 OLC) Air Force Commendation Medal EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION: Second Lieutenant May 27, 1981 First Lieutenant May 27, 1983 Captain May 27, 1985 Major May 1, 1993 Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 1997 Colonel April 1, 2003 .

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