Colonel Nancy E. Taylor is the Commander of the 306th Flying Training Group, 12th Flying Training Wing, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado. The 306th Flying Training Group provides soaring, parachuting and powered flight as character building operations focused on enhancing the airmanship and leadership of USAFA and Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets. The Group also provides flight training for all Air Force officers scheduled to enter Pilot, Combat Systems Operator, and Remotely Piloted Aircraft training. On an annual basis the 306th Flying Training Group trains more than 4,000 cadets and officers while operating the USAF’s busiest visual flight rules airfield operated only during daylight hours.

Col Taylor received her commission in 2001 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. She completed Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training in 2002 and has held a variety of key leadership positions at the squadron and group level. Col Taylor served as Joint Event Planner and Deputy Desk Officer for Pacific Command, Joint Staff J7, Suffolk, Virginia, the 61st Airlift Squadron Director of Operations and the Commander, 714th Training Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. Prior to her current assignment, Col Taylor was the Chief, Operational Imperative Integration Division, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia.

Col Taylor is a Command Pilot with over 3,900 hours in the T-1A, C-130E/H, C-130J, and the T-53A. She has deployed and participated in support of numerous operations to include ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, and RESOLUTE SUPPORT, and has flown in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.

Master of Strategic Studies, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2021)

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (2014)

Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2011)

Master of Education (Instruction and Learning), Trident University International, California (2009)

Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2007)

Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (2002)

Bachelor of Science (Operations Research), U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2001)

Commander, 306th Flying Training Group, USAFA, Colorado (June 2023 – Present)

Chief, Operational Imperative Integration Division, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia (March 2022 – June 2023)

Mobility/SOF Planner and Programmer, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia (June 2021 – March 2022)

Student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (June 2020 – June 2021)

Executive Officer to the Eighteenth Air Force Commander, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (June 2019 – June 2020)

Commander, 714th Training Squadron, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas (May 2017 – May 2019)

Operations Officer, 61st Airlift Squadron, 19 Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas (December 2015 – May 2017)

Assistant Director of Operations, 61st Airlift Squadron, 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas (December 2014 – December 2015)

Student, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (January 2014 – December 2014)

Joint Event Planner/Deputy PACOM Desk Officer, Joint Staff J7, Suffolk, Virginia (January 2011 – January 2014)

Assistant Flight Chief, Standardization/Evaluation, 39th Airlift Squadron, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (February 2010 – January 2011)

Executive Officer, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (January 2009 – February 2010)

C-130E/H Evaluator Pilot/Director of Staff, 39th Airlift Squadron, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (May 2008 – January 2009)

C-130E/H Instructor Pilot/Assistant Flight Commander, 39th Airlift Squadron, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (June 2007 – May 2008)

C-130E/H Pilot, 39th Airlift Squadron, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas 6. October 2006 – June 2007)

Assistant Flight Commander, 86th Flying Training Squadron, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (June 2005 – October 2006)

T-1A Check Pilot, 86th Flying Training Squadron, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (January 2004 – June 2005)

T-1A Instructor Pilot, 86th Flying Training Squadron, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (April 2003 – January 2004)

Student, Pilot Instructor Training, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (October 2002 – April 2003)

Student, Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas (October 2001 – October 2002)

Legion of Merit

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal

Combat Readiness Medal

National Defense Service Medal

Afghanistan Campaign Medal

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Flight Information

Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,900
Aircraft flown: T-1A, C-130E/H, C-130J, T-53A

Effective Dates of Promotion

Second Lieutenant May 30, 2001

First Lieutenant May 30, 2003

Captain May 30, 2005

Major March 1, 2011

Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2016

Colonel June 1, 2022

(Current as of June 2023)