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            BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID  L. JOHNSONBrig. Gen. David L. Johnson is Director of Weather, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Johnson develops doctrine, policy, requirements and standards for weather support to the Air Force, the Army, designated specified commands and national programs. Ongoing efforts include a wall-to-wall, total force re-engineering of the Air Force's weather functional area to improve weather support for operators worldwide.General Johnson was commissioned a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program in 1973. He is a command pilot with more than 3,800 flying hours, primarily in the A/C/MC-130E/H/P, C-21, C-20 and C-9 transport aircraft. He also has flown the T-38, T-39, T-43, MH-60G, MH-53J, F-15 and F-16. His command positions include aircraft commander; squadron commander; operations group commander; airlift wing commander; and major command vice commander. General Johnson commanded airdrop and airland operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina for two years, from 1994 to 1995, before Implementation Force operations began. The general served as Deputy Commander of the Joint Task Force Operation Support Hope in Rwanda in 1995, and provided forces for and participated in Operation Southern Watch in 1998-1999.EDUCATION1972  Honor graduate, bachelor of arts degree in geography, University of Kansas 1978  Master of arts degree in human relations, Webster University 1981  Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 1983  Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1986  Air War College, by seminar 1990  National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1997  Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 1998  National Security Leadership Course, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.ASSIGNMENTS1.  May 1973 - October 1974, pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz. 2.  October 1974 - September 1978, C-130E co-pilot, aircraft commander and advanced flying training instructor pilot, Little Rock AFB, Ark. 3.  September 1978 - October 1979, Air Staff Training Program officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 4.  October 1979 - August 1982, action officer, later, Chief, Plans, Programs and Budgeting Systems Division, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 5.  August 1982 - June 1983, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 6.  June 1983 - July 1986, international politico-military affairs officer, Strategy Division, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, West Germany 7.  July 1986 - August 1989, assistant operations officer, 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, later, operations officer, 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, later, Commander, 34th Tactical Training Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark. 8.  August 1989 - June 1990, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 9.  June 1990 - August 1993, Chief, NATO Policy Division, later, Chief, Asia Branch, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. 10.  August 1993 - June 1994, Commander, 435th Operations Group, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany 11.  June 1994 - May 1995, Commander, 86th Operations Group, Ramstein AB, Germany 12.  May 1995 - February 1996, Vice Commander, 23rd Wing, Pope AFB, N.C. 13.  February 1996 - April 1997, Assistant Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 14.  April 1997 - July 1999, Commander, 43rd Airlift Wing, Pope AFB, N.C. 15.  July 1999 - July 2000, Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 16.  July 2000 - present, Director of Weather, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.FLIGHT INFORMATIONRating:  Command pilotFlight hours:  More than 3,800, including 78 combat sortiesAircraft flown:  A/C/MC-130E/H/P, C-9, C-20, C-21, T-38, T-39, T-43, MH-60G, F-15, F-16 and MH-53JMAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONSDistinguished Service MedalDefense Superior Service MedalLegion of Merit with oak leaf clusterDefense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clustersMeritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clustersAir Medal with two oak leaf clustersAir Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clustersJoint Service Achievement MedalHumanitarian Service MedalEFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONSecond Lieutenant  Jun 6, 1973First Lieutenant  Jun 24, 1975Captain  Jun 24, 1977Major  Nov 1, 1982Lieutenant Colonel  Mar 6, 1986Colonel  Apr 1, 1991Brigadier General Sep 1, 1998(Current as of July 2003)