General Officer Biography



MAJOR GENERAL DEAN A. TREMPS

 
Official Photo Maj. Gen. Dean Tremps is the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The Command is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense. ACC develops strategy, doctrine, concepts, tactics, and procedures for air- and space-power employment. The command provides conventional and information warfare forces to all unified commands to ensure air, space and information superiority.

General Tremps was commissioned in 1988 after graduating from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He is a command pilot with more than 3400 hours. He has flown the T-38, F-15C, and F-16C aircraft. He has deployed and has combat time in the F-15C, F-16C, and the MQ-1B aircraft in support of Operation Provide Comfort, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn. He has also flown several Operation Noble Eagle and POTUS defense missions. General Tremps has been a Guardsman since 1998 serving in numerous flying and staff positions to include unit commander, headquarters director, and Commander of the Virginia Air National Guard. Prior to his current assignment, Major General Tremps served as Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas.


EDUCATION
1988 Bachelor of Science in System Analysis, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1994 Master of Science in Aviation Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, Florida
1994 Squadron Officer School (SOS), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2001 Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), by correspondence
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
2012 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (AJPME), Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2014 National Security Studies Program, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2016 Senior Leader Orientation Course (SLOC), Joint Base Andrews, Md.
2017 Continuous Process Improvement for Executives (CPIE) Course, Institute for Defense and Business, Chapel Hill, N.C.
2018 CAPSTONE, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
2019 2019 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar (ASLDS), Warrenton, Va.
2019 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2019 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2019 National and International Security Leadership Seminar, Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1988 - November 1989, student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
2. May 1990 - August 1994, T-38 Instructor Pilot/Check Pilot, Asst. Flight Commander, Wing Executive Officer, 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
3. September 1994 - March 1995, student, F-15C Formal Training Unit, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
4. April 1995 - February 1998, F-15C pilot and Flight Commander, 493rd Fighter Squadron, Lakenheath Air Force Base, United Kingdom
5. September 1998 - February 1999, student, F-16C Formal Training Unit, Tucson IAP, Arizona
6. February 1999 - January 2001, F-16C pilot and Flight Commander, 163rd Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard, Fort Wayne, Indiana
7. January 2001 - September 2004, F-16C pilot and Operations Officer, 163rd Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard, Fort Wayne, Indiana
8. September 2004 - March 2005, F-16C pilot and Squadron Commander, 163rd Fighter Squadron, Indiana Air National Guard, Fort Wayne, Indiana
9. March 2005 - December 2006, Air National Guard Advisor for Flying Training, Air Education Training Command, T-38C Pilot Instructor Training Instructor Pilot, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
10. January 2007 - June 2010, Air National Guard Advisor to the Director of Intelligence, Operations, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
11. June 2010 - March 2011, Air Combat Command Air National Guard Advisor to the Director of Operations, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
12. March 2011 - August 2013, Air Combat Command Director of Air National Guard Forces, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
13. August 2013 - January 2015, Air National Guard Director of Air, Space, and Cyber Operations, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
14. April 2015 - December 2017, Chief of Staff, JFHQ-VA, Sandston, Virginia; dual-hatted, December 2016 – December 2017, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT), Shaw AFB, South Carolina
15. December 2017 - May 2018, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT), Shaw AFB, South Carolina
16. May 2018 - November 2019, Assistant to the Commander, Air Education Training Command (AETC/CC), Randolph AFB, TX
17. November 2019 - Present, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Air Combat Command , Langley AFB, Va.

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: more than 3,400
Aircraft flown: A319/320, B-737, B-777, F-15C, F-16C, MQ-1B, T-37, T-38C

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Long
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 2 "M" Devices
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Pistol)
Air Force Training Ribbon

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 10, 1988
First Lieutenant Aug. 10, 1990
Captain Aug. 10, 1992
Major Oct. 1, 1999
Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 2, 2003
Colonel Sept. 28, 2007
Brigadier General July 27, 2015
Major General May 1, 2018

 

 

(Current as of January 2020)

 

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