MAJOR GENERAL BARRY K. COLN

Director of Logistics, J4, National Guard Bureau

Major General Barry K. Coln is Director of Logistics, J-4 for the National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia. He serves as the primary advisor to the Chief, National Guard Bureau for all logistics matters to include, but not limited to supply, maintenance, transportation, acquisition logistics, installation/facility, environmental issues, Emergency Management Assistance Compacts, and the domestic mobilization of the Army and Air National Guard of the States.

General Coln was commissioned in1974 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a scholarship recipient and Distinguished Graduate after majoring in Business Administration. He completed Undergraduate Pilot Training in 1975 and began his Air Force career flying the F-4 and F-16 aircraft. While in the Air Force, General Coln served as an F-4 and F-16 Instructor Pilot, Standardization and Evaluation Flight Examiner, United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School Instructor and Flight Commander. General Coln joined the South Carolina Air National Guard in 1986 as an F-16A and later F-16C Instructor Pilot. Positions held in the South Carolina Air National Guard include Weapons and Tactics Officer, Flying Training Instructor, Operations Plans Officer and Chief, Weapons and Training Division. In December 1990, he deployed to Operation Desert Storm and flew 40 combat missions.

General Coln commanded the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, South Carolina from July 2002 until February 2008. Prior to this assignment, his service at the National Guard Bureau included Chief of the Power Projection Division, Chief of Operations and Training and Director of Acquisition for the Air National Guard. Before taking command of the 169th Fighter Wing, General Coln was assigned to the Headquarters, South Carolina Air National Guard as the Logistics Group Commander and detailed to the National Guard Bureau as Director of Acquisition for the Air National Guard. In this position, he managed a $750 million budget to modify and modernize over 1200 National Guard fighter, bomber, transport, tanker and helicopter aircraft including associated ground equipment. His most recent assignment was Chief of Staff for the South Carolina Air National Guard also serving as Commander, South Carolina Air National Guard.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, General Coln served as Vice Commander and later Commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Under his direction, the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing flew more than 3,500 combat sorties, about 20 percent of all sorties flown by coalition air forces.

EDUCATION:

1974 The Citadel, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Charleston, South Carolina
1997 Air War College, by seminar
2010 Harvard Kennedy School, Executive Education, Senior Executives in National and International Security, Cambridge, Massachusetts

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. December 1974 - November 1975, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 38th Student Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia
2. November 1975 - October 1976, Student, Operational Training Course, F-4E, 56th Tactical Fighter Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
3. October 1976 - February 1978, Aircraft Commander, F-4E, 339th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia
4. March 1978 - June 1979, Aircraft Commander, F-4E, 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Keflavik Naval Station, Iceland
5. June 1979 -September 1979, Instructor Pilot Training, F-4, 56th Tactical Fighter Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
6. September 1979 - March 1980, Instructor Pilot, F-4D, 62nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
7. March 1980 - December 1980, Instructor Pilot, F-4D/Scheduler, 62nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
8. December 1980 - May 1981, Student, F-16 Special Transition/Instructor Course, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
9. May 1981 - April 1982, Instructor Pilot, F-16, 62nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
10. April 1982 - March 1983, Academic Instructor, F-16, 56th Tactical Training Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
11. March 1983 - December 1983, Student, Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, F-16, 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
12. December 1983 - December 1984, Flight Commander, F-16, 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
13. December 1984 - June 1985, Flight Commander, Instructor Pilot, F-16, 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
14. June 1985 - June 1986, Weapons Instructor Pilot, F-16, United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
15. June 1986 - January 1987, Chief, Operations and Training, United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
16. January 1987 - January 1988, Pilot, F-16, 157th Tactical Fighter Squadron, McEntire Air National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina
17. January 1988 - June 1991, Instructor Pilot, F-16, 157th Tactical Fighter Squadron, McEntire Air National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina
18. July 1991 - March 1994, Weapons and Tactics Officer, 169th Fighter Group, McEntire Air National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina
19. March 1994 - March 1995, Operations Plans Officer, 169th Operations Support Flight, McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina
20. March 1995 - December 1995, Chief, Weapons and Training, 169th Operations Support Flight, McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina
21. December 1995 - December 1997, Chief, Power Projection Division, National Guard Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia
22. December 1997 - October 1999, Chief, Operations and Training Division, National Guard Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia
23. October 1999 - August 2000, Director, Acquisition, National Guard Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia
24. September 2000 - August 2001, Logistics Group Commander, Headquarters, South Carolina Air National Guard, McEntire Air National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina
25. September 2001 - August 2005, Commander, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina
26. September 2005 - March 2007, Commander, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina
27. March 2007 - May 2010, Chief of Staff, South Carolina Air National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters, Columbia, South Carolina
28. May 2010 - Present, Director of Logistics, J-4, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: Over 3,600
Aircraft Flown: F-16A/B/C/D, F-4D/E, T-38, T-37, B-727, B-737, DC-9, F-28
Pilot wings from: Moody Air Force Base, Georgia

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross (with Valor Device and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor Device and 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal (with 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Southwest Asia Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Short Tour
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with 1 Silver Hourglass)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Air Force Training Ribbon
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Emirate of Kuwait)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:

National Guard Association of the United States
National Guard Association of South Carolina
Air Force Association
Board of Directors, South Carolina National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

December 1983 United States Air Force Fighter Weapons School Flying Award, F-16
September 2003 Order of the Silver Crescent, awarded by Governor Mark Sanford

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 12 December 1974
First Lieutenant 5 December 1976
Captain 5 December 1978
Major 18 May 1988
Lieutenant Colonel 3 October 1994
Colonel 23 June 1998
Brigadier General 30 May 2008
Major General 22 December 2010

(Current as of January 2011)