Major Ian “Soho” Ferguson is an instructor is Physics in the Physics and Meteorology Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy, CO (USAFA).  Major Ferguson entered the Air Force in 2013 after commissioning from USAFA.  He received his Master of Science in Physics from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 2015.

While at USAFA, he worked with the Academy’s Center for Space Situational Awareness to characterize geosynchronous satellites with slitless spectroscopy and worked at the National Security Agency on remote sensing capabilities.   At AFIT, his thesis involved the analysis of photoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence in lithium aluminate and lithium gallate crystals.

Major Ferguson graduated from Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training in 2016 and was selected to fly the B-1B Lancer.  He completed the B-course with the 28^th Bomb Squadron at Dyess AFB, TX, then joined the 37^th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, SD.  At the 37^th, he served as a scheduler, assistant weapons and tactics flight commander, training flight commander, and resource advisor and upgraded to aircraft commander in the B-1B.  In 2019, he deployed to Kandahar AB, where he served as an air advisor to the Afghan National Air Force employing the C-208, MD-530, and UH-60 aircraft.  In addition to his role as a physics instructor, Major Ferguson flies the T-53 at the Academy airfield.

Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base Montgomery, Alabama (2020).

Master of Science, Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (2015).

Bachelor of Science, Physics, U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado (2013)

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

Afghan Air Advisor, 732 Advisor Group, Kandahar Air Base (2019)

B-1B Aircraft Commander, 37^th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota (2017-2023)

B-1B Student Pilot, 28^th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas (2017)

Euro-Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training Student, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas (2015-2016)

Air Force Institute of Technology Student, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (2013-2015).

Air and Space Commendation Medal, 1 Oak Leaf Cluster (2019, 2023)

Afghanistan Campaign Medal, 1 Service Star (2019)

NATO Afghanistan Service Medal (2019)