Brigadier
General Carl A. Lorenzen is the Assistant Adjutant General (Air), Headquarters, Nebraska
Air National Guard in Lincoln. He is responsible for assisting the adjutant general in
commanding and directing the 950 members of the Nebraska Air National Guard.
The general began his military career in April 1967 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He completed undergraduate pilot training in June 1968 and went on to serve as an RF-84F and RF-4C pilot with the 173rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard. He later served as flight commander and operations officer with the Lincoln-based unit before becoming the deputy commander-operations and principal deputy. In 1992, he took a two-year leave of absence from his civilian job with Northwest Airlines to assume full-time command of the 155th Tactical Reconnaissance Group and helped oversee the unit's transition from the RF-4C reconnaissance mission to the KC- 135R air refueling mission. He assumed his current position in August 1996 after being named to it by Maj. Gen. Stanley M. Heng, Adjutant General for Nebraska. He is a command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours in the PF-84F, RF-4C, C-12J and KC- 135R aircraft.
1969 Bachelor of Science degree, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
1979 Air Command and Staff College (correspondence)
1989 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in Residence
1. June 1967 - June 1968, student, undergraduate pilot training, Laredo Air Force Base,
Texas.
2. June 1968 - December 1968, student, RF-84F training, Lincoln Air National Guard Base,
NE.
3. December 1968 - April 1972, RF-84F pilot, 173rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
Lincoln Air National Guard Base, NE.
4. April 1972 - September 1972, student, RF-4C crew training, 173rd Tactical
Reconnaissance Squadron, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, NE.
5. September 1972 - December 1980, RF-4C pilot, 173rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
Nebraska Air National Guard Base, NE.
6. December l980 - July l988, RF-4C flight commander and operations officer, 173rd
Tactical Reconaissance Squadron, Lincoln Air National Guard, NE.
7. July 1988 - June 1989, student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.
8. June 1989 - November 1989, RF-4C flight commander and operations officer, 173rd
Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, NE. 9. November 1989
– August 1992, deputy commander-operations, 155th Reconnaissance Group,
Lincoln Air National Guard Base, NE.
10. August l992 - October 1994, commander, 155th Reconnaissance Group and 155th Air
Refueling Group, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, NE.
11. October 1994 - August 1996, chief of staff, Nebraska Air National Guard, Lincoln Air
National Guard Base, NE.
12. August 1996 - July 1999, assistant adjutant general (Air), Nebraska Air National Guard
Lincoln Air National Guard Base, NE.
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,500
Aircraft flown: RF-84F, RF-4C, C-12J, KC-135R
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with five oak leaf clusters
Combat Readiness Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with seven oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with two hourglass devices
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon
Second Lieutenant, April 16, 1967
First Lieutenant, April 16, 1970
Captain, April 16, 1974
Major, December, 8, 1980
Lieutenant Colonel, August 1, 1985
Colonel, December 15, 1989
Brigadier General, January 26, 1996
(Current as of February 2001)
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