Major Gary Davenport
Fellow, Institute for Future Conflict &
Instructor of Political Science
Bio
Maj Davenport is an Instructor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy. He is a Space Force officer with 18 years of military experience. He is deputy director of the Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, enabling academic research to equip present and future leaders with the intellectual tools necessary to understand and master the challenges of the space domain. Maj Davenport has served in both subordinate components of the United States Space Command, including Joint Task Force-Space Defense (JTF-SD), and Combined Forces Space Component Command (CFSCC). Maj Davenport is an Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE) Fellow with the Institute for Future Conflict (IFC) and is conducting research which explores adapting the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) model to the space domain, known as the Commercial Augmentation Reserve Fleet (CASR).
Education
2010 Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude), Technical Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2018 Master of Arts, National Security Studies and Intelligence Analysis, American Military University, Online
Professional Experience
April 2004—August 2008, Airfield Systems Craftsman, 6th Communications Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.
December 2010—May 2011, Undergraduate Space Training, 533rd TRS, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
July 2011—July 2014, Satellite Operations Officer, 4th Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colo.
August 2014—June 2015, Student, Education with Industry (AFIT), Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Headquarters, Hawthorne, Calif.
June 2015—August 2018, Government Mission Integration Manager, Launch Enterprise, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif. (January 2018—July 2018, Director of Operations, 955th AES, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan)
August 2018—May 2019, Assistant Flight Commander, Systems Integrations Flight, 614th Combat Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
May 2019—July 2020, Executive Officer, 614th Air Operations Center, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
July 2020—June 2021, Chief, Vault Operations, Combined Force Space Component Command, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
June 2021—June 2022, Operations Officer, Joint Task Force Space Defense, Schriever SFB, Colo.
June 2022—Present, IDE Fellow
Honors & Awards
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with “C” device and three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Research and Scholarly Interests
Space Warfighting
U.S. Space Policy and Strategy
American Government and Politics