Colonel Jeffery D. Valenzia is the Commander, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The Wing consists of 3 groups with over 2,800 Battlefield Airmen at 20 locations throughout the Continental U.S., supporting 8 out of the 10 active duty US Army Divisions. Subordinate units are the 3d Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) at Fort Hood, Texas; the 18th Air Support Operations Group at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and the 820th Base Defense Group (BDG) at Moody AFB. The ASOGs provide Air, Space, and Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance expertise to plan, coordinate, and execute the supported ground commander’s scheme of maneuver. The ASOGs also provide all Battlefield Weather support to Army units, both in-garrison and at deployed locations. The 820 BDG provides rapidly deployable, fully integrated, highly specialized forces for active internal and external base defense.
Colonel Valenzia earned his commission from Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 075 and received his Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from San Diego State University in 1994. After a few years as a Command and Control Officer, he completed Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training and F-16 initial training. He has flown operational F-16s at Shaw AFB, Osan AB, and Kunsan AB, in addition to a tour as an instructor pilot at Luke AFB. In 2007, he departed Luke AFB for Maxwell AFB, where he graduated Air Command and Staff College and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. After a year assigned to the 609th Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, as a Strategy Planner, Colonel Valenzia took command of the 51st Operations Support Squadron at Osan AB, Republic of Korea. In 2012, he was assigned to the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, Washington D.C., as a Special Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, followed by a year as the Vice Wing Commander for the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea. He has deployed in support of Operations NORTHERN WATCH, NOBLE EAGLE, IRAQI FREEDOM, and ENDURING FREEDOM.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2001 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL
2005 Masters in Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2005 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence), Maxwell AFB, AL
2007 Masters in Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
2008 Masters in Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, AL
2010 Air War College (Correspondence), Maxwell AFB, AL
2015 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy, The Eisenhower School, Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1994 – September 1995, Adjutant, 86th Flying Training Squadron, Laughlin AFB, TX
2. September 1995 – February 1998, Chief of Training Management Center, Emergency Actions Team Chief, 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, NE
3. February 1998 – April 1999, Distinguished Graduate - Student, 25th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, OK
4. April 1999 – April 2000, Distinguished Graduate - Student, 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ
5. April 2000 – November 2002, Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, Chief of Squadron Programing, 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, SC
6. November 2002 – November 2004, Evaluation Flight Examiner, Chief of Wing Standardization and Evaluation, 51st Operations Group, Osan AB, ROK
7. November 2004 – July 2007, Instructor Pilot, Assistant Director of Operations, 308th Fighter Squadron; and Executive Officer, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, AZ
8. July 2007 – June 2008, Distinguished Graduate - Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
9. June 2008 – June 2009, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, AL
10. June 2009 – June 2010, Chief, Strategy Plans Team, 609th Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
11. November 2010 – September 2012, Director of Operations and then Commander, 51st Operations Support Squadron, Osan AB, ROK
12. September 2012 – May 2013, Future Joint Forces Development, ART Branch Chief, JCS/JS, J-7, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
13. May 2013 – August 2014, Special Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
14. August 2014 – July 2015, Vice Commander, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, ROK
15. July 2015 – June 2016, Student, The Eisenhower School, Fort Leslie J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
16. June 2016 – present, Commander, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody AFB, GA
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: 1839
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, F-16
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 30, 1994
First Lieutenant Sept. 30, 1996
Captain Sept. 30, 1998
Major Feb. 1, 2005
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 1, 2009
Colonel Oct. 1, 2014
(Current as of June 2016)