Col Brehm is the Commander of the 306th Flying Training Group, 12th Flying Training Wing, United States Air Force Academy, Colo. He is responsible for the planning, coordination and integration of operations and activities across the installation, supporting the Academy’s mission to forge over 4000 cadets into future Air and Space Force leaders.

Col Brehm entered the Air Force in 2004 with a commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Since graduating from Undergraduate Pilot Training in 2006, he has flow and deployed in the F-16, U-28, and CV-22, amassing over 3,600 hours of flight time as an instructor and evaluator pilot, including over 1,400 hours of combat time. Prior to his current position, Col Brehm was the Executive Officer to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Secretariat for Special Operations.

Col Brehm’s other noteworthy assignments include Command of the 8th Special Operations Squadron, then the Air Force’s largest CV-22 squadron, serving as the Special Assistant to the Vice Commander of United States Special Operations Command, and instructing at Air Command and Staff College as part of the Air University Fellows program.

Master of Science in National Security Strategy, National War College, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. (2023)

Master of Arts in Airpower Strategy and Technology Integration, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (2018)

Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence (2015)

Master of Arts in Education, Trident University International, by correspondence (2012)

Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (2011)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2004)

Commander, 306th Flying Training Group, USAFA, Colorado (June 2026 – Present)

Division Chief, Future Operations, Headquarters United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 2025–June 2026)

Executive Officer, Secretariat for Special Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (March 2025–July 2025)

Senior Aviation Policy Analyst; Program, Budgets and Acquisition Branch, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (September 2024–February 2025)

Special Assistant to the Vice Commander, United States Special Operations Command, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (June 2023–September 2024)

Student, National War College, National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. (June 2022–June 2023)

Deputy Commander, 1st Special Operations Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (April 2022–June 2022)

Commander, 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (December 2019–April 2022)

Operations Officer, 1st Special Operations Air Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (June 2019–December 2019)

Air University Fellow, Department of Leadership, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (June 2018–June 2019)

Blue Horizons Fellow, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (June 2017–June 2018)

Assistant Operations Officer and CV-22B Instructor Pilot, 20th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon AFB, N.M. (June 2015–June 2017)

CV-22B Initial Qualification Student, VMMT-204, New River Marine Corps Air Station, S.C. & 71st Special Operations Squadron, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (April 2014–June 2015)

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Standards and Tactics Pilot, 1st Special Operations Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (May 2012–April 2014)

Flight Commander and U-28A Evaluator Pilot, 319th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (May 2009–May 2012)

U-28A Initial Qualification Student, 19th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. (June 2008–May 2009)

Assistant Chief of Mobility and F-16CJ Pilot, 79th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, S.C. (May 2007–June 2008)

F-16C Initial Qualification Student, 63rd Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz. (May 2006–May 2007)

Student Pilot, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. and Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. (August 2004–May 2006)

Summary of Joint Assignments

Special Assistant to the Vice Commander, United States Special Operations Command, and Executive Officer to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, Secretariat for Special Operations, Pentagon, Washington D.C, as a lieutenant colonel (June 2023–July 2025)

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Air Medal with ten oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Flight Information

Rating: Command Pilot

Flight hours: More than 3,600

Aircraft flown: T-6, T-38, F-16, PC-12, U-28, MV-22 and CV-22

Effective Dates of Promotion

Colonel (Sept. 2025)

Lieutenant Colonel (Feb. 2019)

Major (June 2014)

Captain (June 2008)

First Lieutenant (June 2006)

Second Lieutenant (June 2004)

(Current as of June 2026)