BRIGADIER GENERAL DANIEL L. PEABODY

Assistant Adjutant General, Connecticut Air National Guard

Brigadier General Daniel L. Peabody is the Assistant Adjutant General, Connecticut Air National Guard. He is responsible to the Adjutant General for providing operationally trained, equipped and mission ready forces in support of both federal mobilization requirements and state emergency operations. On behalf of the Adjutant General, he implements policies, programs, and plans and is the direct link to all state assigned Air National Guard resources providing information, evaluation, issue resolution and action recommendations.

General Peabody was commissioned in 1978 through the Air National Guard Academy of Military Science. He enlisted in the Connecticut Air National Guard in 1976 and served as an F-100D/F aircraft crew chief. He completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and the A-10A Operational Training Course. Besides serving as a combat-ready fighter pilot, he has served in various assignments in flying and operations, as well as command positions in the group and wing. General Peabody deployed for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and commanded the 506th Aerospace Expeditionary Group, Kirkuk Air Base Iraq. He is a senior command pilot with more than 4200 hours primarily in the A-10 aircraft and has flown in numerous deployments worldwide to include combat missions over the former Republic of Yugoslavia and Iraq.

EDUCATION:

1977 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Troy, New York
1983 Western New England College School of Law, Juris Doctorate, Springfield, Massachusetts
1998 Joint Firepower Control Course, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
1999 Air War College, by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. February 1978 - April 1979, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma
2. April 1979 - June 1982, Pilot, A-10 Aircraft, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
3. June 1982 - September 1982, Flight Safety Officer, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
4. September 1992 - April 1992, Pilot, A-10 Aircraft, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
5. April 1992 - July 1994, Assistant C Flight Commander, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
6. July 1994 - January 1997, D Flight Commander, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
7. January 1997 - January 1998, Commander, 103rd Operations Support Flight, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
8. January 1998 - June 1999, Operations Officer, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
9. June 1999- December 2000, Commander, 118th Fighter Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
10. December 2000 - July 2004, Commander, 103rd Operations Group, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
11. July 2004 - February 2006, Commander, 103rd Fighter Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut
12. February 2006 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General, Joint Force Headquarters, Connecticut Air National Guard, East Granby, Connecticut

FLIGHT INFORMATION:

Rating: Senior Command pilot, instructor pilot, standardizations evaluation flight examiner
Flight hours: More than 4,200 including 48 combat missions
Aircraft flown: A-OA-10, F-100F, T-37, T-38
Pilot wings from: Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Bronze Star Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Aerial Achievement Medal (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor and 4 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Readiness Medal (with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal (with “M” Device, “3” Device, and Silver Hourglass)
National Defense Service Medal (with Bronze Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Service Ribbon Short Tour
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (with Gold Border)
Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Air Force Training Ribbon
United Nations Medal
NATO Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:

Second Lieutenant 16 February 1978
First Lieutenant 17 April 1980
Captain 14 March 1984
Major 16 February 1992
Lieutenant Colonel 7 December 1996
Colonel 18 September 2002
Brigadier General 1 March 2007

(Current as of December 2007)