Colonel Mark A. Melville  was the Chief of the Air Mobility Division, 603d Air and Space Operations Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.  The AMD is COMUSAFE’s single command and control center for theater assigned air mobility forces.  The AMD plans, schedules, tasks and monitors the mission execution of these assets.

Col. Melville is a 1983 graduate of the U. S. Air Force Academy, and former Commander of the 22nd Air Refueling Squadron, 366th Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho and the 92nd Operations Group, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.  He served a joint assignment as Transportation Plans Officer, U.S. Central Command area specialist, at U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base. Ill.  Prior to attending the Advanced Study of Air Mobility at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., he served as Assistant Operations Officer, 97th Training Squadron, Central Flight Instructor Course, Altus Air Force Base, Okla.  He was assigned to the 1703rd Air Refueling Wing (Provisional) during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, at King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, where he flew 40 combat support sorties.  He flew as a Combat Crew Training Squadron KC-135 instructor at Castle Air Force Base, Calif.  He began his Air Force career as a T-38 Instructor Pilot, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.

1983 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1990 Squadron Officers' School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

1994 Master of Aeronautical Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla.

1996 Air Command and Staff College (correspondence)

1996 Advance Study of Air Mobility, AFIT, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.

2002 Air War College (correspondence)

1. August 1983 – August 1984, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas

2. August 1984 – March 1988, instructor pilot, T-38, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas

3. March 1988 – September 1988, student, KC-135 initial qualification, Castle Air Force Base, Calif.

4. October 1988 – December 1991, aircraft commander, evaluator pilot, 920th Air Refueling Squadron, Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Mich.

5. January 1992 – December 1993, KC-135 Combat Crew Training Squadron instructor, 93rd Air Refueling Squadron, Castle Air Force Base, Calif.

6. December 1993 – July 1995, assistant operations officer, 97th Training Squadron, Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

7. July 1995 – December 1996, student, Advance Study of Air Mobility, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.

8. December 1996 – July 1999, Joint Transportation Plans Officer, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

9. July 1999 – June 2001, 22nd Air Refueling Squadron director of operations, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

10. June 2001 – August 2002, 22nd Air Refueling Squadron commander, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

11. September 2002 – November 2005, Chief, Warfighting Analysis Division, Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

12. November 2005 – June 2006, Director, Current Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

13. July 2006 – June 2008, 92nd Operations Group commander, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.

14.  July 2008 – Jan 2011, Chief, Air Mobility Division, 603d Air and Space Operations Center, Ramstein AB, Germany.

Legion of Merit

Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster

Air Medal

Aerial Achievement Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters

Southwest Asia Service Medal with two service stars

Kuwait Liberation Medal

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with valor