Brigadier General Warren H. Hurst Jr
Brig. Gen. Warren H. Hurst, Jr. is the Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Kentucky National Guard and also serves as the Commander, Kentucky Air National Guard. He is the principle advisor to the Adjutant General on matters pertaining to the Kentucky Air National Guard to include strategic plans, programs, policies, and air operations. He is responsible for the overall management of the state's flying unit, the 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Ky.
General Hurst earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and received his commission through Officer Training School in 1986. He graduated from pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. in 1987. During fourteen years of active duty, he has served in various operational and headquarters staff assignments including duty as an instructor and evaluator pilot for 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern. He also served an active duty tour with the Kentucky Air National Guard prior to joining the unit as a traditional guardsman. He has held staff positions at the Tanker Airlift Control Center and at Headquarters Air Mobility Command. He has flown C-130 combat and humanitarian relief operations worldwide including operations in Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia, Central/South America and the Middle East.
Prior to that he stood up and commanded the 123rd Contingency Response Group and is qualified as a Joint Task Force-Port Opening Commander. He served as the first Air Force (Air Forces Northern) Director of Mobility Forces for eight Homeland Security/Homeland Defense National Level Exercises and coordinated civil-military air relief efforts during the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He served as Deputy Director of Mobility Forces to the Pacific Air Forces Commander in response to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan in 2011. In 2016, he was selected and served as the DIRMOBFOR for Global Engagement 2016 wargame in the EUCOM AOR. General Hurst is a combat veteran and command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours. General Hurst previously was the commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Ky.
EDUCATION
1983 Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
1986 Master of Arts degree in Behavioral Science, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
1992 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
2007 Advanced Contingency Skills Training Course, United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, Ft Dix, N.J.
2011 Army War College, Master of Strategic Studies, by correspondence
2011 Defense Support of Civil Authorities Phase II Residence Course, U.S. Army North, San Antonio, Texas
2012 John F. Kennedy School of Government, Leadership in Homeland Security Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
2013 Joint Task Force Commander Training Course, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
2013 Joint Forces Staff College, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, National Defense University, Norfolk, Va.
2014 Dual Status Commander Qualification Program, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
2016 National Security Studies Management Course (NSSMC), Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
2017 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. March 1986 - March 1987, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
2. March 1987 - December 1989, C-130H Pilot, Dyess AFB, Texas
3. December 1989 - August 1990, C-130 Aircraft Commander, 773d Tactical Airlift Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas
4. August 1990 - October 1991, T-38 instructor pilot training, 42d Flying Training Squadron, Columbus AFB, Miss.
5. October 1991 - May 1994, C-130 Aircraft Commander, 609th Air Operations Group, Shaw AFB, S.C., assigned to 123d Airlift Wing, Louisville, Ky.
6. May 1994 - January 1996, C-130 Instructor and Evaluator Pilot, 609th Air Operations Group, Shaw AFB, S.C., assigned to 123rd Airlift Wing, Louisville, Ky.
7. January 1996 - July 1998, Flight Commander, Chief of Current Operations, 24th Operational Support Squadron, Howard AFB, Panama
8. July 1998 - January 1999, Assistant Chief, Battle Management Standardization and Evaluation, 12th Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
9. January 1999 - June 2000, Chief, Battle Management Standardization and Evaluation, 12th Air Force, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
10. June 2000 - October 2000, Operations Officer, 123d Airlift Control Flight, Air National Guard, Louisville, Ky.
11. October 2000 - January 2003, Aircraft Commander, 165th Airlift Squadron, ANG, Louisville, Ky.
12. January 2003 - November 2007, Assistant Chief, Mobility Stage Operations Cell, Tanker Airlift Control Center Battle Staff, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill.)
13. November 2007 - September 2012, Commander, 123d Contingency Response Group, ANG, Louisville, Ky.
14. September 2012 - November 2013, Commander, 123d Airlift Wing, ANG, Louisville, Ky.
15. March 2014 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General, Frankfort, Ky.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 4,200
Aircraft flown: C-130B/E/H1/H2, T-37, T-38, T-41
Pilot wings: Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
Pilot for American Airlines flying Boeing 737-800
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant March 11, 1986
First Lieutenant March 11, 1988
Captain March 11, 1990
Major Nov. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 1, 2003
Colonel April 29, 2008
Brigadier General June 25, 2014
(Current as of February 2019)
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