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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      080130-F-JZ512-123.JPGEngage On
        
        080130-F-JZ512-123.JPGMAJOR GENERAL JACK W. RAMSAUR IIMaj. Gen. Jack W. Ramsaur II is the mobilization assistant to the Commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. 
General Ramsaur was born in Baton Rouge, La. He was commissioned through the ROTC program at Louisiana Tech University. Following the completion of undergraduate pilot training, he was first assigned as a KC-135 pilot with the 71st Air Refueling Squadron at Barksdale AFB, La. He commanded the 970th Associate Airborne Control Squadron at Tinker AFB, Okla., and was Vice Commander of the 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. He has previously been assigned as mobilization assistant to the Commander, 19th Air Force; to the Director, Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command; and to the USSTRATCOM Commander. 
In his civilian occupation, he is a pilot with a major commercial parcel service. **EDUCATION** 
1974 Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
1975 Master of Business Administration degree in hospital administration, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
1978 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 
1986 Air Command and Staff, by correspondence 
1997 Air War College, by correspondence 
2006 United States-Russia Security Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.**ASSIGNMENTS**1. February 1976 - February 1977, student, undergraduate pilot training, Laughlin AFB, Texas 
2. March 1977 - July 1977, student, KC-135 Combat Crew Training School, Castle AFB, Calif. 
3. August 1977 - February 1982, pilot and simulator instructor, 71st Air Refueling Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La. 
4. March 1982 - October 1994, pilot and evaluator, 78th Air Refueling Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La. 
5. November 1994 - June 1996, instructor pilot, flight examiner and flight commander, 76th Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire AFB, N. J. 
6. July 1996 - October 1999, Commander, 970th Associate Airborne Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla. 
7. November 1999 - March 2000, senior individual mobilization augmentee to the Director, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 
8. April 2000 - June 2000, Assistant Deputy Commander of Operations, 340th Flying Training Group, Randolph AFB, Texas 
9. June 2000 - July 2001, Vice Commander, 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. 
10. July 2001 - July 2004, mobilization assistant to the Commander, 19th Air Force, Randolph AFB, Texas 
11. July 2004 - January 2006, mobilization assistant to the Director, Global Operations, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 
12. January 2006 - January 2009, mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
13. January 2009 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas **FLIGHT INFORMATION** 
Rating: Command pilot 
Flight hours: More than 5,300 military and 4,500 civilian 
Aircraft flown: B-707, B-727, E-3, C-18, DC-10, KC-10, KC-135A/R, T-37, T-38 and T-1 **MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS** 
Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters 
Aerial Achievement Medal 
Air Force Commendation Medal 
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster 
Southwest Asia Service Medal with three bronze stars 
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)**PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS** 
Life member, Reserve Officers Association 
Life member, Veterans of Foreign Wars 
Life member, Airlift/Tanker Association 
American Legion 
Air Force Association 
Tuskegee Airmen Inc. **EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION** 
Second Lieutenant Aug. 22, 1974 
First Lieutenant Aug. 21, 1977 
Captain Aug. 21, 1979 
Major Aug. 22, 1988 
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 22, 1995 
Colonel Sept. 1, 1999 
Brigadier General Nov. 2, 2003 
Major General June 3, 2007 
(Current as of January 2009)
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