BRIGADIER GENERAL MATTHEW E. HENRY
Brigadier General Matthew Henry is the Assistant Adjutant General – Air, Joint Forces Headquarters, New Mexico Air National Guard. As a senior military advisor to the Governor and Adjutant General, he advises on all matters pertaining to the New Mexico Air National Guard. He is responsible for planning and executing the mission and organizing, training, and deploying New Mexico Air National Guard units during contingency and domestic operations in federal and state emergencies.
General Henry earned his commission in Dec. 1997 through Air Force ROTC at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He began his career as an intelligence officer with the 353rd Special Operations Group at Kadena Air Force Base. He joined the Georgia Air National Guard in 2002 as a Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Airborne Intelligence Officer before joining the New Mexico Air National Guard in 2008. He is a master intelligence officer with several operational deployments supporting Operations IRAQI and ENDURING FREEDOM.
Prior to his current assignment, General Henry served in a variety of roles to include flight commander, airborne instructor & evaluator, wing senior intelligence officer, the 250th Intelligence Squadron commander, the 150th Mission Support Group commander, the 150th Vice Wing commander, and as the director of staff and chief of staff for the Air, Joint Forces Headquarters, New Mexico Air National Guard.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Arts, University of New Mexico
1998 Intelligence Operations Officer Course, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
1999 Joint Special Operations Aviation Component Staff Course, Macdill AFB, Fla.
2002 Distinguished Graduate, Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Initial Qualification Training
2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2009 ACC Intelligence Leadership & Management Course
2011 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2013 Distinguished Graduate, Joint Targeting School Staff Course
2014 Master of Arts in Military Operational Art and Science, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2014 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2024 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar (GFOS), Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 1998 - September 1998, Student, Air Force Intelligence School, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
2. September 1998 - December 2000, Chief of Intelligence Systems, 353d Special Operation Support Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan
3. December 2000 - February 2002, Chief, Intel Production, 505th Exercise Control Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
4. March 2002 - October 2002, Executive Officer, Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
5. July 2003 - June 2005, Chief, Intelligence Branch, 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard (GAANG), Robins AFB, Ga.
6. June 2005 - December 2006, Flight Commander, 330th Combat Training Squadron, 116th Air Control Wing, GAANG, Robins AFB, Ga.
7. January 2008 - July 2008, Chief, Intelligence Evaluation, 116th Operations Group, GAANG, Robins AFB, Ga.
8. July 2008 - September 2010, Wing Senior Intelligence Officer, 150th Fighter Wing, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
9. September 2010 - July 2015, Commander, 250th Intelligence Squadron, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (June 2013 - June 2014, Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar)
10. July 2015 - June 2017, Commander, 150th Mission Support Group, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
11. June 2017 - July 2019, Vice Commander, 150th Special Operations Wing, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (August 2017 – August 2018, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, NATO HQ Allied Air Command, Ramstein AB, Germany)
12. July 2019 - February 2023, Director of Staff - Air, Joint Force Headquarters, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
13. February 2023 - April 2023, Chief of Staff - Air, Joint Force Headquarters, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
14. September 2023 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General – Air, Joint Force Headquarters, NM ANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 2010 - July 2015, Commander, 250th Intelligence Squadron, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (June 2013 - June 2014, Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar) as a lieutenant colonel
2. June 2017 - July 2019, Vice Commander, 150th Special Operations Wing, NMANG, Kirtland AFB, N.M. (August 2017 – August 2018, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, NATO HQ Allied Air Command, Ramstein AB, Germany) as a colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Non-rated Officer Aircrew Member
Flight hours: 2,400
Aircraft flown: E-8C JSTARS
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air and Space Commendation Medal
Air and Space Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Unit Award with oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal with one oak leaf cluster
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Jan. 7, 1998
First Lieutenant Jan. 7, 2000
Captain Jan. 7, 2002
Major Nov. 8, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 1, 2012
Colonel June 1, 2017
Brigadier General Aug. 17, 2023
(Current as of June 2024)
