Maj. Gen. Gregory Kreuder is the Commander, Nineteenth Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio–Randolph, Texas. Nineteenth Air Force is composed of 32,000 total force personnel and 1,530 aircraft assigned to 18 total force wings at 35 locations across the United States. He is responsible for more than 45% of the U.S. Air Force’s annual flying hour program and directs aircrew training courses cumulating in over 24,000 graduates annually. The training encompasses undergraduate and graduate fixed and rotary wing pilots, remotely piloted aircraft pilots, combat systems officers, air battle managers, weapons directors, and graduate career enlisted aviators, which provides fully qualified aircrew personnel to the warfighting commands.
Prior to his current role, Maj. Gen. Kreuder served as Director of the F-35 Integration Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In this position he advised the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force on the multi-billion-dollar F-35 program and advanced operational capabilities and sustainment needs for the F-35A.
Maj. Gen. Kreuder commissioned in 1995 as a distinguished graduate of Officer Training School. He is a command pilot with 3,200 flying hours, including 350 combat hours; flying as an evaluator, instructor pilot, and weapons officer. He has commanded at the squadron and wing level and has held staff assignments at Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas
1994 Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
2001 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2004 F-16 Weapons Instructor Course, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada
2008 Master of Military Operational Art & Science, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2008 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2009 Master of Airpower Art & Science, School of Advance Air & Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2016 Master of Science in National Security Strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1995–August 1996, Outstanding Graduate, Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB, Texas
2. January 1997–July 1997, Student, F-16 Training, Luke AFB, Arizona
3. September 1997–September 1998, Fighter Pilot, 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
4. October 1998–December 2000, Flight Lead, 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia
5. January 2001–January 2004, Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner, Flight Commander, 310th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Arizona
6. January 2004–June 2004, Student, F-16 Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nevada
7. July 2004–August 2006, Weapons Officer, Flight Commander, 523rd Fighter Squadron, and Chief, Wing Weapons and Tactics, 27th Operational Support Squadron, Cannon AFB, New Mexico
8. August 2006–August 2007, Wing Weapons and Tactics Flight Commander, 51st Operational Support Squadron, Osan AB, South Korea
9. August 2007–June 2008, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
10. July 2008–June 2009, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
11. August 2009–June 2012, Director of Operations, 14th Fighter Squadron, and Commander, 13th Fighter Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan
12. July 2012–July 2014, Joint Doctrine Planner; Executive Assistant to the Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
13. July 2014–July 2015, Vice Commander, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano AB, Italy
14. July 2015–June 2016, Student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
15. June 2016–June 2017, Chief, Air Force Division, United States Military Training Mission, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16. June 2017–March 2019, Commander, 607th Air Operations Center, Headquarters Seventh Air Force, Osan AB, South Korea
17. March 2019–June 2019, Deputy Chief, Office of Security Cooperation – Iraq, U.S. Embassy Baghdad
18. June 2019-May 2020, Senior Defense Official, Defense Attache – Iraq, U.S. Embassy Baghdad
19. May 2020–July 2022, Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Arizona
20. August 2022–June 2023, Director of Current Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
21. June 2023–July 2024, Director, F-35 Integration Office, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
22. July 2024–present, Commander, Nineteenth Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2012–July 2014, Joint Doctrine Planner and Executive Assistant to the Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant colonel
2. June 2016–June 2017, Chief, Air Force Division, United States Military Training Mission, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as a colonel
3. March 2019–June 2019, Deputy Chief, Office of Security Cooperation – Iraq, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, as a colonel
4. June 2019–May 2020, Senior Defense Official, Defense Attaché – Iraq, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: 3,200
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, F-16 Blocks 25-52, F-35A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster Air Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 23, 1995
First Lieutenant June 23, 1997
Captain June 23, 1999
Major Nov. 1, 2005
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 2009
Colonel Oct. 1, 2014
Brigadier General April 2, 2020
Major General July 31, 2024
(Current as of August 2024)