Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Illinois National Guard
Major General William D. Cobetto is Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Illinois National Guard. He is responsible for the command, control and operations of plans and programs affecting more than 3,000 Illinois Air National Guard personnel located at Scott Air Force Base, Peoria, and Springfield, Illinois. His broad range of responsibilities include ensuring combat readiness and mission capability of three major air bases comprised of flying wings, command and control facilities, logistics and mission support units, providing combat trained personnel to meet all United States Air Force mission requirements. General Cobetto also supervises a full-time force of over 900 federal and state employees.
General Cobetto received his commission in 1985 from the Academy of Military Science, Knoxville, Tennessee. During his career he has served in several key positions. As Commander, 183rd Fighter Wing Mission Support Group, he directed and monitored support activities and units ensuring cohesive integration of functions and resources. Prior to that, he provided sound fiscal guidance as Comptroller, 183rd Fighter Wing. Of special note, General Cobetto was mobilized in 2003 and served at the Pentagon assisting the Air Force Crisis Action Team and the Secretary of the Air Force Financial Management.
1983 Parks College of Saint Louis University, Bachelor of Science,
Aeronautical Administration, Saint Louis, Missouri
2002 Air War College, by correspondence
1. April 1985 - August 1985, Student, Undergraduate Navigator Training, 323rd
Flying Training Wing, Mather Air Force Base, California
2. August 1985 - August 1987, Budget Officer, 183rd Resource Management
Squadron, Springfield, Illinois
3. August 1987 - August 1989, Management Analysis Officer, 183rd Resource
Management Squadron, Springfield, Illinois
4. August 1989 - August 1993, Comptroller, 183rd Resource Management Squadron,
Springfield, Illinois
5. August 1993 - March 2004, Financial Management Officer, 183rd Fighter Wing,
Springfield, Illinois
6. March 2004 - March 2007, Commander, 183rd Mission Support Group, Springfield,
Illinois
7. March 2007 - December 2011, Director of Staff, Headquarters Illinois Air
National Guard, Springfield, Illinois
8. December 2011 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Illinois National
Guard, Springfield, Illinois
Meritorious Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon (with 1 Silver Oak Leaf Cluster)
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with Silver Hourglass and M Device)
Air Force Training Ribbon
Illinois Abraham Lincoln Medal of Freedom
Illinois Long and Honorable Service Medal (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Illinois Military Attendance Ribbon (with Numeral 13)
Illinois State Active Duty Ribbon (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
ANG NCO Academy Graduate Association, Region Six, I.G. Brown Command Excellence Award, 2005
National Guard Association of the United States
National Guard Association of Illinois
Military Officers Association of America
Air Force Association
Knights of Columbus 3rd Degree Member Council 4608
Loyal Order of Moose
Second Lieutenant 11 April 1985
First Lieutenant 11 April 1988
Captain 11 April 1990
Major 15 April 1994
Lieutenant Colonel 30 December 1998
Colonel 17 March 2005
Brigadier General 26 March 2012
Major General 12 February 2014
(Current as of June 2014)