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BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID B. WARNER

Brig. Gen. David B. Warner is the Director, Communications and Information, and Chief Information Officer, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. General Warner is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force's space and cyber forces with communications and information capability, including the Air Force's new cyber numbered air force supporting U.S. Strategic Command. He also acts on behalf of the Commander, Air Force Space Command, as the Air Force's Designated Approval Authority for all systems connecting to the Air Force network enterprise.

General Warner entered the Air Force as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Southwest Texas State University. He has pursued a wide-ranging career including interoperability test director for the E-3A and the Air Force representative to the Joint and Allied Data Link Standards Configuration Control Boards. He has also served as Chief of the Information Assurance Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force; Director of Communications and Information, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe; and Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, U.S. Joint Forces Command. The general has commanded at the squadron and group levels. Prior to his current assignment, he was Director, Command and Control Programs, Defense Information Systems Agency.

EDUCATION
1980 Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
1983 Master of Business Administration degree, Central State University, Edmond, Okla.
1986 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1991 Joint Professional Military Education Phase II, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
1992 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2000 Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
2003 Senior Executive Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1980 - June 1984, software training manager, program manager and Chief, Data Link Interoperability Testing, 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2. June 1984 - June 1987, analyst, Data Links Standards, Tactical Air Forces Interoperability Group, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Va.
3. June 1987 - June 1991, instructor and Chief of Leadership Curriculum; and executive officer to the Commandant, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
4. August 1991 - August 1992, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
5. August 1992 - August 1995, executive officer to the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Logistics Division; NATO Airborne Early Warning staff officer, Air Section Operations and Logistics Division; program manager, Management Information Systems, Communications and Information Systems Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium
6. August 1995 - July 1997, Commander, 45th Communications Squadron, Patrick AFB, Fla.
7. August 1997 - July 1998, student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
8. July 1998 - April 2000, Chief, Information Assurance Division, Systems Directorate, Air Force Communications and Information, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
9. April 2000 - June 2002, Commander, 50th Communications Group, Schriever AFB, Colo.
10. July 2002 - January 2004, Director, Communications and Information, Headquarters U.S. Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
11. January 2004 - August 2005, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.
12. August 2005 - January 2006, Deputy Director for Operations and Support Integration, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Washington, D.C.
13. January 2006 - January 2008, Director, Command and Control Programs, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, Va.
14. January 2008 - present, Director, Communications and Information, and Chief Information Officer, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1992 - August 1995, executive officer to the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Logistics Division; NATO Airborne Early Warning staff officer, Air Section Operations and Logistics Division; program manager, Management Information Systems, Communications and Information Systems Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium, as a major
2. January 2004 - August 2005, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va., as a colonel 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster 
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant  May 17, 1980
First Lieutenant  June 16, 1982
Captain  June 16, 1984
Major  Oct. 1, 1991
Lieutenant Colonel  Nov. 1, 1996
Colonel  April 1, 2000
Brigadier General  Sept. 2, 2006

(Current as of June 2010)

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DATES SERVED

Lt Gen Barton K. Yount

23 Jan 42 - 26 Sep 45

Maj Gen James P. Hodges

27 Sep 45 - 12 Apr 46

Lt Gen John K. Cannon

13 Apr 46 - 13 Oct 48

Lt Gen Robert W. Harper

14 Oct 48 - 30 Jun 54

Maj Gen Glenn O. Barcus

1 Jul 54 - 25 Jul 54

Lt Gen Charles T. Myers

26 Jul 54 - 31 Jul 58

Lt Gen Frederic H. Smith, Jr.

1 Aug 58 - 31 Jul 59

Lt Gen James E. Briggs

1 Aug 59 - 31 Jul 63

Lt Gen Robert W. Burns

1 Aug 63 - 10 Aug 64

Lt Gen William W. Momyer

11 Aug 64 - 30 Jun 66

Lt Gen Sam Maddux, Jr.

1 Jul 66 - 31 Aug 70

Lt Gen George B. Simler

1 Sep 70 - 8 Sep 72

Lt Gen William V. McBride

9 Sep 72 - 31 Aug 74

Lt Gen George H. McKee

1 Sep 74 - 28 Aug 75

Gen John W. Roberts

29 Aug 75 - 31 Mar 79

Gen Bennie L. Davis

1 Apr 79 - 28 Jul 81

Gen Thomas M. Ryan, Jr.

29 Jul 81 - 22 Jun 83

Gen Andrew P. Iosue

23 Jun 83 - 27 Aug 86

Lt Gen John A. Shaud

28 Aug 86 - 5 Jun 88

Lt Gen Robert C. Oaks

6 Jun 88 - 24 Jun 90

Lt Gen Joseph W. Ashy

25 Jun 90 - 10 Dec 92

Gen Henry Viccellio, Jr.

11 Dec 92 - 19 Jun 95

Gen Billy J. Boles

20 Jun 95 - 16 Mar 97

Gen Lloyd W. "Fig" Newton

17 Mar 97 - 21 Jun 00

Gen Hal M. Hornburg

22 Jun 00 - 9 Nov 01

Lt Gen John D. Hopper Jr.

10 Nov 01 - 14 Dec 01

Gen Donald G. Cook

15 Dec 01 - 16 Jun 05

Gen William R. Looney III

17 Jun 05 - 2 Jul 08
Gen Stephen R. Lorenz
 		 3 Jul 08 - 17 Nov 10
 
Gen Edward A. Rice Jr.
 		 18 Nov 10 - 9 Oct 13
 
Gen Robin Rand
 		 10 Oct 13 - 21 July 15
 
Lt Gen Darryl Roberson
 		 21 July 15 - 17 Nov 2017 
 
Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast
 		 17 Nov 2017 - 26 July 2019 
 
Lt. Gen. Marshall B. "Brad" Webb 26 July 2019 - 20 May 2022
Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson 20 May 2022 - Present