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Tod Daniel Wolters[1] (born October 13, 1960) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who last served as the commander of U.S. European Command and concurrently as NATO'sSupreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). He previously served as the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa. He assumed his capstone assignment at the European Command in Germany on May 2, 2019[2] and at the Allied Command in Belgium on May 3, 2019.[3]

Military career

SACEUR Gen. Tod D. Wolters with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

The son of Air Force Brigadier General Thomas E. Wolters,[4] Wolters received his commission in 1982 as a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has commanded the 19th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; the 1st Operations Group, Langley AFB, Virginia; the 485th Air Expeditionary Wing, Saudi Arabia; the 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas; the 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Florida; the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan; and the Twelfth Air Force, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. He has fought in operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Wolters served in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, as Director of Legislative Liaison, and in Headquarters' staff positions at United States Pacific Command, Headquarters United States Air Force, and Air Force Space Command.

Prior to Wolters' appointment as SACEUR, he was the Director for Operations, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. He assisted the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in fulfilling his responsibilities as the principal military advisor to the President and Secretary of Defense. Wolters develops and provides strategic guidance to the combatant commands and relays communications between the President and the Secretary of Defense to the combatant commanders regarding current operations and plans.

Wolters is a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours in the F-15C, F-22, OV-10, T-38 and A-10 aircraft.

Education

El comandante supremo aliado en Europa, general Tod D. Wolters, junto al jefe del Estado Mayor de las FDI, teniente general Aviv Kochavi .
  • 1982 Licenciatura en Ciencias, Academia de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • Curso de instructor de armamento de cazas de 1990, Escuela de Armamento de Cazas de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, Base Aérea Nellis, Nevada.
  • Escuela de Comando y Estado Mayor Aéreo de 1995, por correspondencia.
  • 1996 Escuela Superior de Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas, Norfolk, Virginia.
  • Máster en tecnología de ciencias aeronáuticas, Universidad Aeronáutica Embry-Riddle, 1996.
  • Máster en estudios estratégicos, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pensilvania, 2001.
  • 2004. Investigador ejecutivo sénior en la Escuela de Gobierno John F. Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Curso de Comandante del Componente Aéreo de la Fuerza Conjunta de 2007, Base Aérea Maxwell, Alabama.
  • Curso Conjunto de Entrenamiento de Combate para Oficiales de Bandera de 2010, Base Aérea Maxwell, Alabama.
  • Curso para comandantes del componente terrestre de la Fuerza Combinada de 2010, Cuartel de Carlisle, Pensilvania.
  • Becario del curso Pinnacle de la Universidad Nacional de Defensa, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC, en 2014.

Tareas

Wolters junto al jefe del Estado Mayor ruso, Valery Gerasimov, en Bakú , julio de 2019.
El comandante supremo aliado en Europa, general Tod D. Wolters, junto con el jefe del Estado Mayor de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, general David L. Goldfein , el comandante de USAFE-AFAFRICA, general Jeffrey L. Harrigian, y el comandante de AFRICOM, Thomas D. Waldhauser, en la base aérea de Ramstein, Alemania , el 1 de mayo de 2019.
El general Joseph Dunford junto al general Tod Wolters en la base aérea de Ramstein.
  1. Junio ​​de 1982 – junio de 1983, estudiante, entrenamiento de piloto de pregrado, Base Aérea Reese, Texas
  2. Julio de 1983 – agosto de 1983, estudiante, entrenamiento básico de pilotos de combate, Base Aérea Holloman, Nuevo México
  3. Septiembre de 1983 – Noviembre de 1983, estudiante, Unidad de Entrenamiento de Reemplazo del OV-10, Base de la Fuerza Aérea Patrick, Florida.
  4. Noviembre de 1983 – junio de 1984, piloto de OV-10, 704.º Escuadrón de Apoyo Aéreo Táctico , Base Aérea de Sembach, Alemania Occidental
  5. Julio de 1984 – septiembre de 1986, piloto instructor y examinador de vuelo del OV-10, 27.º Escuadrón de Apoyo Aéreo Táctico, Base Aérea George, California.
  6. Octubre de 1986 – noviembre de 1986, estudiante, entrenamiento básico de pilotos de combate, Base Aérea Holloman, Nuevo México
  7. Diciembre de 1986 – abril de 1987, estudiante, Unidad de Entrenamiento de Reemplazo del F-15, Base de la Fuerza Aérea Tyndall, Florida.
  8. Mayo de 1987 – diciembre de 1989, piloto instructor y examinador de vuelo de F-15, 53.er Escuadrón de Caza Táctico, Base Aérea de Bitburg, Alemania Occidental
  9. Enero de 1990 – abril de 1990, estudiante del Curso de Instructor de Armamento para Aviones de Combate F-15 de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, Base Aérea Nellis, Nevada.
  10. Mayo de 1990 – Febrero de 1992, Jefe de Armamento y Tácticas, 9.º Escuadrón de Caza Táctico, Base Aérea Holloman, Nuevo México
  11. Marzo de 1992 – marzo de 1995, oficial asistente de operaciones, comandante de vuelo y piloto instructor, División F-15, Escuela de Armas de Caza de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, Base Aérea Nellis, Nevada.
  12. April 1995 – March 1997, aide-de-camp to Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii
  13. April 1997 – December 1997, Chief of Safety, 3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
  14. January 1998 – December 1998, operations officer, 19th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
  15. January 1999 – June 2000, Commander, 19th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
  16. July 2000 – June 2001, student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
  17. June 2001 – April 2002, Chief, Combat Forces Division, Directorate of Operational Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
  18. May 2002 – July 2004, Commander, 1st Operations Group, Langley AFB, Va. (February 2003 – May 2003, Commander, 485th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia)
  19. July 2004 – April 2006, Commander, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, Texas
  20. June 2006 – March 2008, Commander, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
  21. March 2008 – March 2009, Deputy Commander, Political-Military Affairs, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan
  22. April 2009 – May 2011, Director of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
  23. May 2011 – May 2012, Commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force - Afghanistan, and Deputy Commander-Air, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan
  24. June 2012 – August 2013, director, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
  25. September 2013 – December 2014, Commander, 12th Air Force, Air Combat Command, and Commander, Air Forces Southern, U.S. Southern Command, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
  26. December 2014 – July 2015, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
  27. July 2015 – August 2016, Director for Operations, Joint Staff, Arlington, Va.
  28. August 2016 – April 2019, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa; Commander, Allied Air Command, headquartered at Ramstein AB, Germany; and Director, Joint Air Power Competency Centre, Kalkar, Germany
  29. May 2019 – July 2022, Commander, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany; and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Mons, Belgium

Summary of joint assignments

  1. April 1995 – March 1997, aide-de-camp to Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, as a major.
  2. March 2008 – March 2009, Deputy Commander, Political-Military Affairs, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command, Kabul, Afghanistan, as a brigadier general.
  3. May 2011 – May 2012, Commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force – Afghanistan, and Deputy Commander-Air, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, as a major general.
  4. September 2013 – December 2014, Commander, Air Forces Southern, U.S. Southern Command, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., as a lieutenant general.
  5. July 2015 – August 2016, Director for Operations, Joint Staff, Arlington, Va., as a lieutenant general.
  6. May 2019 – July 2022, Commander, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany; and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Mons, Belgium, as a general.

Flight information

Rating: Command Pilot Flight hours: more than 4,990 Aircraft flown: F-15C, F-22, OV-10, T-38, and A-10

Awards and decorations

Effective dates of promotion

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from General Tod D. Wolters Biography. United States Air Force.

  1. ↑"United States Air Force Academy - Polaris Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO), Class of 1981, Page 493 of 512 (afa)". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  2. ↑"United States European Command". www.eucom.mil. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. ↑"SHAPE | General Tod D. Wolters Assumes Command as 19th Supreme Allied Commander Europe". shape.nato.int. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ↑writer, Patty Moore Contributing. "Veterans of Korea honored in Everest". Hiawatha World Online. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. ↑"El Libro Cronológico del Sistema de Cooperación entre las Fuerzas Aéreas Americanas"(PDF). SICOFAA. 2015. p. 40. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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