Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 News
    
        Photos

    Week in Photos

    Air Force TV

    Commentaries

    Features

    Art

    About Us
    
        Air Force Senior Leaders
    
        SECAF

    CSAF

    CMSAF

    Biographies

    Fact Sheets

    SECAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library
    
        CSAF Leadership Library 2022

    CSAF Leadership Library 2021

    CSAF Reading List Pre-2020 Archive
    
        2018 CSAF Reading List

    2017 CSAF Reading List

    2016 CSAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library 2023

    CMSAF Leadership Library

    50 Years of the CMSAF

    Adjunct Professors

    Air Force Strategic Documents

    Arctic Strategy

    Empowered Airmen

    State Licensure Portability

    Careers

    AF Federal Advisory Committees

    AF 75th Anniversary

    Policy Updates

    AF Content Management

    Contact Us

    AF Sites
    
        Site RegistrationU.S. Air Force LogoAir Force

        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders

    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      080313-F-JZ511-754.JPGEngage On
        
        080313-F-JZ511-754.JPGBRIGADIER GENERAL CRAIG S. FERGUSONBrig. Gen. Craig S. Ferguson is the Assistant Vice Commander, Headquarters 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Fourth Air Force has command supervision of Air Force Reserve airlift and air refueling resources located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. He assists the commander to ensure the combat readiness of 12 flying wings and two regional support groups with more than 24,000 assigned personnel. 
General Ferguson was commissioned through Officer Training School and served on active duty from 1970 to 1975 and joined the Reserve in 1976. He became an Air Reserve Technician in January 1982. He has commanded an operations group and two fighter wings. The general is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in the F-4, F-105, F-16 and A-10.**EDUCATION**
1969 Bachelor's degree in financial administration, Michigan State University 
1976 Master's degree in human resource management, University of Utah 
1991 Air War College**ASSIGNMENTS**
1. January 1971 - January 1972, student, undergraduate pilot training 
2. January 1972 - September 1972, student, F-4 Phantom II fighter training 
3. September 1972 - September 1976, F-4 instructor pilot, 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg Air Base, West Germany 
4. September 1976 - August 1977, F-105 pilot, 507th Fighter Group, Tinker AFB, Okla. 
5. August 1977 - June 1983, F-105 and F-4 instructor pilot, 301st Tactical Fighter Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas 
6. June 1983 - June 1986, Chief of Standardization and Evaluation and operations officer, 93rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, and Chief of Safety, 482nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, Fla. 
7. June 1986 - August 1987, Deputy Commander for Operations, 917th Tactical Fighter Group, Barksdale AFB, La. 
8. August 1987 - July 1993, Operations Group Commander, 301st Fighter Wing, Carswell AFB, Texas 
9. July 1993 - July 1994, Commander, 906th Fighter Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 
10. August 1994 - July 1997, Commander, 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo. 
11. August 1997 - September 2004, Commander, 944th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz. 
12. September 2004 - present, Assistant Vice Commander, Headquarters 4th Air Force, March ARB, Calif. **FLIGHT INFORMATION**
Rating: Command pilot 
Flight hours: More than 5,000 
Aircraft flown: F-4, F-105, F-16 and A-10 **MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster 
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster 
Air Medal 
Air Force Commendation Medal 
Air Force Achievement Medal 
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award 
Combat Readiness Medal with silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters 
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star 
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 
Armed Forces Service Medal 
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with gold hourglass **EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**Second Lieutenant  Dec. 11, 1970 
First Lieutenant  June 11, 1972 
Captain  April 22, 1976 
Major  Dec. 11, 1984
Lieutenant Colonel  June 16, 1989 
Colonel  Aug. 1, 1993
Brigadier General  Jan. 15, 2003 
(Current as of March 2006)
  Quick Links
AccessibilityContact UsEqual OpportunityFOIA | Privacy | Section 508Information QualityInspector GeneralJAG Court-Martial DocketLink DisclaimerNo FEAR ActOpen GovernmentOSI Tip LinePlain LanguageQuestionsResilienceRSSSite MapVeterans Crisis LineCareers
Join the Air ForceAir Force BenefitsAir Force CareersAir Force ReserveAir National GuardCivilian ServiceConnect
            Get Social with Us
            
            Official United States Air Force Website
    Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil