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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      Brig. Gen. Jason E. BartolomeiSecond Lieutenant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                October 18, 1997First Lieutenant                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 October 18, 1999Captain                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          October 18, 2001Major                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            May 15, 2007Lieutenant Colonel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               December 01, 2010Colonel                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          May 01, 2016Engage On
        
        Brig. Gen. Jason E. BartolomeiBrigadier General JASON E. BARTOLOMEIBrig. Gen. Jason E. Bartolomei serves as the Program Executive Officer for Weapons and Director of the Armament Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He is responsible for the planning and execution of all life cycle activities for air-delivered munitions, including the Advance Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, Joint Direct Attack Munition; Joint Programmable Fuze, Miniature Air Launched Decoy; and Small Diameter Bomb. His $92 billion portfolio also includes numerous other legacy weapons and ammunition; combat training systems; threat emitters for test and training purposes; and aerial targets including the QF-16 and BQM-167A.
Brig. Gen. Bartolomei was commissioned in 1997 from Marquette University’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program.
During his career, he has held a variety of senior acquistion positions. He served as the Deputy of the Program, Budget, and Congressional Division, Global Reach Programs Directorate, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), where he supported the Air Force's tankers, airlift, special operations, and trainer fleets. He also served as an engineer in the F-22 System Program Office and an assistant professor of engineering mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
During Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, Brig. Gen. Bartolomei served at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center where he led the Counter Terrorism Support Team in support of counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.
He was a Service Chiefs Fellow at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a Military Legislative Fellow for Senator Orrin G. Hatch, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He also served as a Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellow, working interagency issues in the National Capital Region, Washington, D.C., while assigned to the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
Prior to his current assignment, Brig. Gen. Bartolomei served as the Director, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Systems Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB, Utah, where he was responsible for the development, deployment, and sustainment of the next-generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system.**EDUCATION**
1997 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.
2001 Master of Science, Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2003 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering Systems (Technology, Management and Policy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
2011 Master’s certificate, Legislative Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2014 Master of Science, National Security Strategy, Marine War College, Quantico, Va.**ASSIGNMENTS**
1. November 1997–May 2000, Product Team Lead/Engineer, F-22 System Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2. May 2000–June 2001, Executive Officer, Engineering Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. June 2001–August 2004, Director of Systems Engineering, Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
4. August 2004–June 2007, Doctorate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
5. August 2007–2010, Chief, Counter-Terrorism Support Team, Joint Warfare Analysis Center, Dahlgren, Va.
6. July 2010–December 2011, Legislative Fellow, Office of Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Washington, D.C.
7. January 2012–August 2013, Deputy Division Chief, Program, Budget, and Congressional Division, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
8. August 2013–June 2014, Student, Marine War College, Quantico, Va.
9. July 2014–July 2016, Materiel Leader and Integration Program Manager, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB, Utah
10. July 2016–April 2018, Air Force Chief of Staff Fellow, Applied Physics Laboratory, John Hopkins University, Laurel, Md.
11. April 2018–May 2020, System Program Manager and Senior Materiel Leader (Upper), Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill AFB, Utah
12. May 2020–August 2022, Director, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Systems Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
13. August 2022–present, Program Executive Officer for Weapons and Director of the Armament Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Eglin AFB, Florida**MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters**OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS**
2014 Paul Van Riper Writing Award, Marine War College**EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**
Second Lieutenant Oct. 18, 1997
First Lieutenant Oct. 18, 1999
Captain Oct. 18, 2001
Major May 15, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 2010
Colonel May 1, 2016
Brigadier General Frocked
(Current as of October 2022)
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