Major Kaz “Dexter” Moffett is an Instructor of Physics in the Physics and Meteorology Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Maj Moffett entered the Air Force in 2015 after commissioning from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2017.

While at the AF Academy, he worked on several research projects in the physics department to include the development of a novel process of creating sulfur-doped silicon for future application in solar technology and infrared detection. At the AF Institute of Technology, his thesis involved the initial characterization of hydrothermally grown single-crystal thorium dioxide in support of the development of a proprietary solid-state neutron detector.

Upon graduation from AFIT, he attended Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting System (REACT) Initial Skills Training at Vandenberg SFB, CA where he graduated with academic achievement. Maj Moffett was then assigned to the 321st Missile Squadron at FE Warren AFB, WY where he served as a Missileer, Crew Commander, Mission Lead and Instructor/MMIII. He was then selected to attend the United States Air Force Weapons School at Nellis AFB, NV. Upon graduating, he was assigned to the 319th Missile Squadron where he served as the Training Flight Commander, Chief of Weapons and Tactics and Squadron Weapons Officer. He has led multiple large-scale exercises and operations to include Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER, Operation OLYMPIC STEP and Operation OLYMPIC RAMPART. Maj Moffett is a Minuteman III Weapons Officer with +7300 hours of nuclear alert time.

U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2021)

Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2021)

Master of Science, Nuclear Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio (2017)

Bachelor of Science, Physics, Air Force Academy, Colorado (2015)

Instructor of Physics, Department of Physics and Meteorology, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2023-present)

Squadron Weapons Officer, 319th Missile Squadron, FE Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (2022-2023)

Student Weapons Officer Undergraduate, 315th Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (2021-2022)

Instructor/MMIII, 321st Missile Squadron, FE Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (2017-2021)

Student ICBM REACT Initial Skills Training, 532d Training Squadron, Vandeberg Space Force Base, California (2017)

Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio (2015-2017)

Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster

Air Force Achievement Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Humanitarian Service Medal

Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with 1 “N” Device

Nuclear Weapons Physics and Effects

Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy

Physics Education

Conventional-Nuclear Integration