Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Pacific Air Force
Major General Michael B. Compton is Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Pacific Air Force is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 45,000 Airmen serving principally in Japan, Korea, Hawaii, Alaska and Guam.
General Compton is a distinguished military graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia where he received a regular Air Force commission. He is a graduate of Euro-Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, Air Command and Staff College, Air War College and Advanced Joint Professional Military Education. General Compton holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina. General Compton has a wide variety of Air Force experience. He is an Air Force civil engineer and has flown both fighters and mobility aircraft in combat. He served as the Title 10 commander for over 400 Hawaii Air National Guard members activated after September 11 2001. General Compton was the Chief of the conversion office to create the first classic associate unit in the Air National Guard and he served on the activation teams for the Hawaii Air National Guard KC-135, C-130 and C-17 platforms. Prior to his current assignment, Major General Compton was the Mobilization assistant for the Director of Strategic Plans and Policy at US Pacific Command.
1983 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bachelor of
Science, Electrical Engineering, Blacksburg, Virginia
1991 University of South Carolina, Master of Science, Electrical Engineering and
Computer Engineering, Columbia, South Carolina
2005 Air War College, by Seminar, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2007 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Phase II, Joint Forces
Staff College, Virginia
2012 Harvard Kennedy School, Senior Executives in National and International
Security, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2013 Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies, Senior Executive Asia-Pacific
Orientation Course, Honolulu, Hawaii
2013 S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Asia Pacific Programme for
Senior Military Officers, Sentosa, Singapore
1. March 1984 - March 1985, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, 80th
Flying Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
2. March 1985 - June 1985, Fighter Lead-In Training, 479th Tactical Training
Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
3. June 1985 - February 1986, F-16A Operational Training, 56th Tactical Training
Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
4. February 1986 - March 1988, F-16A Tactical Fighter Pilot, 313th Tactical
Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany
5. March 1988 - March 1989, Chief, Small Computers and F-16C Flight Lead, Shaw
Air Force Base, South Carolina
6. March 1989 - November 1990, Wing Electronic Warfare Officer and F16C Fighter
Pilot, 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
7. November 1990 - October 1991, F-16C Pilot, 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron,
Kunsan Air Base, Korea
8. October 1991 - January 1992, Non-Affiliated Reserve Section, Air Reserve
Personnel Center, Denver, Colorado
9. January 1992 - October 1994, Environmental Engineer/Staff Engineer, 154th
Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam, Air Force Base, Hawaii
10. October 1994 - September 1995, C-130 Pilot, 204th Airlift Squadron, Hickam
Air Force Base, Hawaii
11. September 1995 - September 1998, Intra Theater Airlift General,
Headquarters, 154th Wing, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
12. September 1998 - May 2004, F-15 Flying Safety Officer, Headquarters, 154th
Wing, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
13. May 2004 - September 2005, Commander, C-130 Pilot Flight B, 204th Airlift
Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
14. October 2005 - September 2008, Director of Operations, Hawaii Air National
Guard, Joint Force Headquarters, Honolulu, Hawaii
15. October 2008 - September 2011, Commander, 109th Air Operations Group, Hickam
Air Force Base, Hawaii
16. September 2011 - January 2014, Strategic Planning and Policy Mobilization
Assistant, United States Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hawaii
17. January 2014 - Present, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander,
Pacific Air Force, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 4,500
Aircraft flown: F-16, C-130, F-15, C-17, DC-8, B-717
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with V Device and 3 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Combat Readiness Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal (with 2 Bronze Service Stars)
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Short
Air Force Overseas Ribbon Long
Air Force Longevity Service (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Bronze Hourglass)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Air Force Training Ribbon
Hawaii Hurricane Iniki Ribbon
Captain, B-717, Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu, Hawaii
Electrical Engineer, Windward Photovoltaic Institute
National Jamboree Staff, Boy Scouts of America
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society
National Guard Association of the United States
Second Lieutenant 21 October 1983
First Lieutenant 21 October 1985
Captain 21 October 1987
Major 1 September 1996
Lieutenant Colonel 23 February 2001
Colonel 2 August 2006
Brigadier General 21 September 2011
Major General 12 February 2014
(Current as of November 2014)