Brigadier General Timothy W. Scott is the assistant adjutant general who also serves as the commander of the Alaska Air National Guard. He is responsible for all Alaska Air Guard operations, programs, and activities, including the primary flying missions of air refueling, combat rescue, and airlift. General Scott also serves as the Air National Guard advisor to the commander, 18th Air Force.
Upon completion of Officer Training School, General Scott was commissioned in March 1981. Following graduation from Undergraduate Navigator Training in November 1981, his first assignment was to the 42nd Air Refueling Squadron, Loring Air Force Base, Maine, where he served as a KC-135A Navigator, Instructor Navigator, and Evaluator Navigator. In October 1984, he was selected to become a part of the Cobra Ball Reconnaissance Program and a member of the 24th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. During this assignment, General Scott served as Senior Standardization/Evaluation Navigator and the Chief of Training. In 1989, he the left the United States Air Force and became a member of the Alaska Air National Guard. Serving as an Instructor Navigator, Senior Standardization/Evaluation Navigator, and the Chief of Scheduling and as Operations Officer, he was instrumental in the expansion of this unit from four to ten operational aircraft and its subsequent conversion to nine KC-135R aircraft. In June 1995, he was appointed Commander of the 168th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), and in August 1996, General Scott was selected as Commander of the 168th Operations Group. As the Operations Group Commander, his responsibilities included operational control of nine KC-135R aircraft and ensuring worldwide qualification of assigned crew members and support personnel. He entered the United States Air Force Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in August 1998. Following graduation from Air War College, General Scott served as the Air National Guard Advisor to the Air Mobility Command Directorate for Plans, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. In March 2000, he was selected as Commander, 168th Air Refueling Wing. Most recently, he served as the Wing Commander for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Commander for the 384th Air Expeditionary Wing, Shaikh Isa, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Scott is a Master Navigator with over 4,800 flying hours and was appointed to his current position 5 August 2003.
1980 Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1985 Squadron Officers School, Correspondence
1995 Air Command and Staff College, Seminar
1999 United States Air Force Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
1999 Masters of Strategic Studies, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
1. April 1981 - November 1981, student, Undergraduate Navigator Training School, Mather Air Force Base, California
2. November 1981 - April 1982, student, Advanced Navigation Training, Mather Air Force Base, California, Aircrew Survival Training, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; KC-135 Combat Crew Training, Castle Air Force Base, California
3. May 1982 - October 1984, KC-135A Navigator, Instructor Navigator, Evaluator Navigator, 42nd Bomb Wing, Loring Air Force Base, Maine
4. October 1984 - October 1989, RC-135S/X, TC-135S and KC-135A/E/R Evaluator Navigator and Chief, Training Flight, 24th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
5. October 1989 - August 1998, KC-135E/R Evaluator Navigator, Chief of Scheduling, Operations Officer, Aircraft Generation Squadron Commander, and Operations Group Commander, 168th Air Refueling Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
6. August 1998 - June 1999, student, United States Air Force Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
7. June 1999 - February 2000, Air National Guard advisor to the Air Mobility Command Directorate for Plans, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
8. March 2000 - August 2003, commander, 168th Air Refueling Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
9. September 2002 - February 2003, commander, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Operation Enduring Freedom, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
10. February 2003 - May 2003, commander, 384th Air Expeditionary Wing, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Shaikh Isa Air Base, Bahrain
11. August 2003 - Present, assistant adjutant general, Alaska Air National Guard also serving as Commander, Headquarters, Alaska Air National Guard, Fort Richardson, Alaska
12. October, 2004 - Present, Air National Guard advisor to the commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Rating: Master Navigator
Flight Hours: 4,800
Aircraft Flown: KC-135A/E/D/R, RC-135S/T/X, TC-135S
Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with valor and five oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze Stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Short Tour with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Long Tour with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with six oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 4 “M” devices
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwaiti Kuwait Liberation Medal
Second Lieutenant 20 March 1981
First Lieutenant 20 March 1983
Captain 20 March 1985
Major 01 June 1991
Lieutenant Colonel 18 August 1995
Colonel 30 March 2000
Brigadier General 10 October 2003
(Current as of February 2007)
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