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        MAJOR GENERAL JIM L. FOLSOMMaj. Gen. Jim L. Folsom is the mobilization assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 
General Folsom entered the Air Force in 1963 as a graduate of the University of Tulsa ROTC program. He has commanded maintenance and tactical airlift squadrons, and served as vice commander of a wing and numbered air force. He is a command pilot, having flown more than 6,000 hours, primarily in tactical airlift. He flew as a tanker aircraft commander in Southeast Asia. In January 1991, while on his second 30-day volunteer tour in support of Operation Desert Shield, the general was activated for Operation Desert Storm and commanded a composite group of Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard C-130s. In his civilian occupation, he is an airline captain. **EDUCATION**
1963 Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, University of Tulsa, Okla. 
1982 National Security Management Course, by seminar **ASSIGNMENTS**
1. October 1963 - October 1964, student, undergraduate pilot training, Vance Air Force Base, Okla. 
2. November 1964 - March 1965, student, KC-135 combat crew training, Castle AFB, Calif. 
3. April 1965 - January 1967, KC-135 pilot, 6th Air Refueling Squadron, Walker AFB, N.M. 
4. January 1967 - December 1969, KC-135 aircraft commander, 906th Air Refueling Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D. 
5. March 1970 - August 1971, C-124 pilot, 303rd Military Airlift Squadron, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo. 
6. September 1971 - June 1972, C-130A instructor pilot, 303rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo. 
7. July 1972 - March 1977, Commander, 303rd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo. 
8. April 1977 - September 1982, assistant flight commander and flight examiner, 303rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo. 
9. October 1982 - April 1984, flight commander, 731st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo.
10. May 1984 - April 1985, Deputy Commander, Operations, 901st Tactical Airlift Group, Peterson AFB, Colo. 
11. May 1985 - July 1988, Commander, 731 st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. 
12. August 1988 - September 1989, Deputy Commander, Maintenance, 302nd Tactical Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo. 
13. October 1989 - February 1992, Vice Commander, 302nd Tactical Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo. 
14. January 1991 - July 1991, Commander, Composite Reserve and Air National Guard unit, operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia
15. March 1992 - July 1993, Vice Commander, 4th Air Force, McClellan AFB, Calif. 
16. August 1993 - June 1994, mobilization assistant to the Commander, 15th Air Force, Travis AFB, Calif. 
17. July 1994 - March 1996, mobilization assistant to the Commander, 9th Air Force, and U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Shaw AFB, S.C. 
18. April 1996 - March 1997, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 
19. March 1997 - present, mobilization assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Washington, D.C. **FLIGHT INFORMATION** 
Rating: Command pilot 
Flight hours: More than 14,000 military and civilian 
Military aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, KC-135AlE/R, C-124, C-130A/B/E, C-9 and C-141 
Civilian aircraft flown: B707/720, B727, B757/767, L382, L1011 and MD80 **MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**
Legion of Merit 
Air Medal 
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster 
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 
Vietnam Service Medal 
Southwest Asia Service Medal **OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS**
President's Award, Air Force Association 
Excellence in Airmanship Award (C-130 inflight emergency), Military Airlift Command **EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION**
Second Lieutenant  June 2, 1963 
First Lieutenant   April 1, 1965 
Captain   April 2, 1967 
Major  April 30, 1975 
Lieutenant Colonel  March 30, 1984 
Colonel  May 1, 1988 
Brigadier General  March 12, 1993
Major General   Feb. 19, 1996 
(Current as of July 1997)
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