MAJOR GENERAL LARRY K. CLARK
Maj. Gen. L. Kip Clark serves as the senior Air National Guard (ANG) advisor to Air Force Special Operations Command, providing insight and advice on the planning and integration for the command's ANG personnel as well as direct access to senior National Guard leadership. AFSOC provides Air Force Special Operations Forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to regional unified commands. The command's SOF are composed of highly-trained, rapidly-deployable Airmen, conducting global special operations missions ranging from precision application of firepower to infiltration, exfiltration, resupply and refueling of special operations forces operational elements.
General Clark enlisted into the Indiana ANG in 1984, and received his commission from the Academy of Military Science in 1987. He completed Undergraduate Navigator Training in 1988 and began his flying career as a Weapons Systems Officer in the F-4E. He completed pilot training in 1992 and began flying the F-16C. General Clark has multiple combat deployments for Operations Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and deployed as the 113th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. He was also a Distributed Ground Station Mission Operations commander supporting OIF and Operation Enduring Freedom combat missions. At the national level, he served five years as the ANG intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) Weapon System Council Chairman, and on the Air Directorate Field Advisory Council. He also completed two National Guard Bureau short tours, assisting on projects regarding airspace, ranges and ISR force allocation.
Prior to his current assignment, General Clark was dual-hatted as the ANG Assistant to United States Air Force Europe/Africa A3/10, and the Assistant Adjutant General-Air/Commander, Indiana ANG, Stout Field, Indiana. He was a senior advisor to the Adjutant General on matters pertaining to the 2,000 Indiana Airmen, state employees and contractors at the 122nd Fighter Wing and 181st Intelligence Wing.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Indiana State University
1996 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1997 Aircraft Mishap Investigation Course
1997 Joint Firepower Control Course
2001 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2005 Masters of Science, Management, Oakland City University, Ind.
2006 Air War College, by correspondence
2009 FEMA Introduction to the Incident Command System
2010 USAF Intelligence Officer School
2013 USAF Operations Group Commander Course
2014 Dale Carnegie Next Level Leadership Course
2016 Air National Guard Commander Development Course , in residence
2016 Safety and Accident Investigation Board President Course
2017 Senior Leader Orientation Course, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
2019 National Security Studies Management Course (NSSMC), Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
2020 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar (ASLDS), Arlie Conference Center, Warrenton, VA
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1987 - July 1988, undergraduate navigator training, Mather Air Force Base, Calif.
2. July 1988 - February 1989, F-4 Replacement Training Unit, McConnell AFB, Kan.
3. February 1989 - March 1991, Weapons Systems Officer, 113th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field Air National Guard, Ind.
4. March 1991 - April 1992, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Vance AFB, Okla.
5. April 1992 - January 1993, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz.
6. January 1993 - May 1993, F-16 Aircraft Commander, 113th Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
7. May 1993 - July 1997, Camp Atterbury Range Officer, Camp Atterbury Ind.
8. July 1997 - January 1999, Safety Officer, 181st Fighter Wing, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
9. January 1999 - January 2001, A Flight Commander, 113th Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
10. January 2001 - October 2001, Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, 113th Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
11. October 2001 - November 2002, Operations Support Flight Commander, 113th Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
12. November 2002 - July 2004, Operations Officer, 113th Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
13. July 2004 - September 2007, Commander, 113th Fighter Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
14. September 2007 - November 2011, Commander, 137th Intelligence Squadron, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
15. November 2011 - October 2014, Commander, 181st Intelligence Group, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
16. October 2014 - November 2016, Commander, 181st Intelligence Wing, Hulman Field ANG, Ind.
17. December 2016 - April 2018, Chief of Staff, Indianapolis, Ind.
18. April 2018 - July 2019, Assistant Adjutant General, Indianapolis, IN; dual-hatted, February 2019 - July 2019, Air National Guard Assistant to Director of Operations, United States Air Forces Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) A3, AE; dual-hatted, March 2017 - January 2019, Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, 25th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX
19. July 2019 - Present, Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) , ANG (AFSOC), Hurlburt Field, Fla.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 2700
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, F-4D, F-4E, F-16C
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with one device
Air Medal with one device
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with one device
Air Force Achievement Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFLIATIONS
Air Directorate Field Advisory Council - Member
ANG ISR Weapons System Council – Chairman
National Guard Association of Indiana – Board of Directors
National Guard Association of the United States - Member
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 17, 1987
First Lieutenant April 8, 1990
Captain June 26, 1992
Major July 13, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel April 8, 2001
Colonel May 24, 2012
Brigadier General Dec. 9, 2016
Major General July 3, 2019
(Current as of October 2020)
