Brig. Gen. Justin R. Walrath is the Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Wyoming Air National Guard. He is responsible for directing Air National Guard operations and establishing policies to ensure the mission readiness of more than 1,200 personnel assigned to a flying wing and a geographically separated unit. General Walrath represents the Wyoming National Guard at the national level on various committees and serves as a liaison between the State and National Guard Bureau.
General Walrath served 10 years on active duty. He began his career as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer on KC-135s and B-1s at Ellsworth AFB, S.D. During this time, he served as a Sortie Support Officer and as a Sortie Production Officer of a 300-person maintenance unit. He then served in Grand Forks AFB, N.D. as a KC-135 Stratotanker Pilot. During his time at Grand Forks AFB, he served as a Resource Advisor, Standardization and Evaluation Co-Pilot, Chief of Scheduling and Special Operations Pilot. General Walrath Joined the Wyoming Air National Guard in 2000. He was awarded Distinguished Graduate from the C-130 schoolhouse in Little Rock AFB, Ark. He has served as the Group Tactics Officer, Assistant Flight Commander, Flight Commander, 187th Airlift Squadron Commander, 153d Operations Group Commander, 153d Airlift Wing Commander, Air Liaison Officer, and Chief of Staff.
General Walrath has completed nine combat deployments and has more than 1,000 combat hours in support of Allied Force (Kosovo), OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (Afghanistan) and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
EDUCATION
1991 Bachelor of Science, Political Science, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2000 Master of Science, Aeronautical Science Technology, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2004 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 1991 - October 1992, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas
2. November 1992 - June 1994, Chief, Support Flight 28th Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
3. July 1993 - November 1993, Student, Aircraft Maintenance and Munitions course, Shepherd AFB, Texas
4. June 1994 - May 1995, Officer in Charge of Sortie Production, 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
5. May 1995 - November 1997, KC-135 Pilot, 912th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
6. November 1997 - November 1998, Standardization/Evaluation Pilot, 912th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
7. November 1998 - November 2000, Chief of Squadron Scheduling, 912th Air Refueling Squadron, Grand Forks AFB, N.D.
8. November 2000 - June 2011, C-130 Tactics Officer, Assistant Flight Commander, Flight Commander,187th Airlift Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
9. June 2011 - May 2014, Commander, 187th Airlift Squadron, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
10. May 2014 - November 2017, Commander, 153d Operations Group, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
11. November 2017 - July 2020, Commander, 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
12. July 2020 - February 2021, Air Liaison Officer, Wyoming Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
13. February 2021 - June 2021, Chief of Staff - Air, Wyoming National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
14. July 2021 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Wyoming National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: evaluator pilot, MAFFS instructor pilot
Flight hours: more than 5,000
Aircraft flown: C-130, KC-135, T-1, T-38, T-37
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Kosovo Campaign Medal with bronze star
Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
Iraq Campaign Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal with bronze star
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with silver hour glass and 2 ‘M’ devices
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2001 Distinguished Graduate, C-130 Pilot Aircraft Initial Qualification Course
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 1991
First Lieutenant May 29, 1993
Captain May 29, 1995
Major May 29, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel May 29, 2009
Colonel April 10, 2014
Brigadier General Feb. 19, 2021
(Current as of February 2022)