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Mr. Bruce Beyerly

Instructor

Department of Military & Strategic Studies

Mr. Beyerly
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Bio

Col (ret) Bruce Beyerly graduated from USAFA in 1989. His 25-year active-duty career included B-52 navigator and B-1 weapon system officer flying, Air Staff, and Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) squadron and group command. After working in the private sector, Col Beyerly returned to the Air Force environment, teaching in the MSS department as an adjunct instructor.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1989

US Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada, 1999

Master of Operational Art & Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, 2004

Professional Experience

B-52 instructor navigator, 69th Bomb Squadron, Loring AFB, Maine (October 1991 – May 1993)

B-1 Evaluator Offensive System Officer, 9th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas (November 1993 – December 1996)

B-1 Weapon System Officer and Composite Wing Contingency Planner, 366th Operations Support Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho (December 1996 – March 1998)

B-1 Instructor Weapon System Officer and assistant flight commander, 34th Bomb Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho (March – December 1998)

Student, B-1 Weapons School, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota (January – June 1999)

Weapons Officer and assistant flight commander, 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas (July 1999 – May 2000)

Chief, Wing Weapons and Tactics, 7th Operations Support Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas (June 2000 – June 2002)

Chief, Wing Combat Plans and Assistance Operations Officer, 7th Operations Support Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas (June 2002 – June 2003)

Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama (July 2003 – June 2004)

Chief, Air-Ground Weapons Requirements, Weapons Division, Operational Capability Requirements Directorate, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (July 2004 – June 2006)

Deputy Division Chief, Air Force Weapons Requirements, Operational Capability Requirements Directorate, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (July 2006 – June 2007)

Operations Officer, 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas (July 2007 – May 2008)

Commander, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (June 2008 – July 2010)

Deputy Commander, 1st Air Support Operations Group, Joint Base Lewis- McChord, Washington (August 2010 – June 2011)

Chief, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Air Operations Coordination Center Chief, Kabul, Afghanistan (July 2011 – June 2012)

Commander, 1st Air Support Operations Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (July 2012 – June 2014)

Program and Project Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, Washington (July 2014 – January 2018)

Instructor, Department of Military and Strategic Studies, US Air Force Academy (January 2019-present)

Honors & Awards

Legion of Merit

Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster

Joint Service Achievement Medal

Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster

Combat Readiness Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Afghanistan Campaign Medal

Iraqi Campaign Medal

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Research and Scholarly Interests

Leadership and followership

US Air Force modernization