BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES M. McCORMACK

Assistant Adjutant General, Oklahoma Air National Guard

Brigadier General James M. McCormack is the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Oklahoma Air National Guard. He is directly responsible to the Adjutant General of Oklahoma for the supervision and continuity of all units of the Oklahoma Air National Guard.

General McCormack was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas in June 1974. He has been a member of the Oklahoma Air National Guard since October 1976. General McCormack has served the Oklahoma Air National Guard since that time as a copilot, aircraft commander, instructor pilot, flight examiner, chief of standardization and evaluation, squadron operations officer, squadron commander, operations group commander, air wing vice commander and air wing commander. He has also served as a deployed expeditionary operations group commander.

EDUCATION:

1974 Wichita State University, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Wichita, Kansas
1995 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1999 Air War College, by correspondence
2008 John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, National and International Security Seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. October 1976 - February 1978, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 71st Student Squadron, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma
2. February 1978 - December 1997, C-130 pilot, 185th Airlift Squadron, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
3. December 1997 - February 1998, Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, 137th Operations Group, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
4. February 1998 - July 1998, Director of Operations, 185th Airlift Squadron, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
5. July 1998 - April 2001, Commander, 185th Airlift Squadron, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
6. April 2001 - June 2003, Commander, 137th Operations Group, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
7. June 2003 - May 2004, Vice Commander, 137th Airlift Wing, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
8. May 2004 - October 2007, Commander, 137th Airlift Wing, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma
9. October 2007 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General, Joint Force Headquarters Oklahoma Air National Guard, Oklahoma Military Department, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 9,000
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, C-130A, C-130H and KC-135R
Pilot wings from: Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Combat Readiness Medal (with 2 Silver and 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Ribbon (with 2 Bronze Stars)
Kosovo Campaign Medal
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal (with 1 Bronze star)
Air Force Overseas Service Short Tour Ribbon
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (with Gold Frame)
Air Force Longevity Service Award (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Gold Hourglass, M Device, and Numeral 5)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Star)
Air Force Training Ribbon

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS:

National Guard Association of the United States
National Guard Association of Oklahoma

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 05 June 1974
First Lieutenant 05 June 1977
Captain 28 June 1981
Major 01 October 1988
Lieutenant Colonel 01 October 1995
Colonel 02 May 2001
Brigadier General 23 October 2007

(Current as of February 2009)