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    Deputy Adjutant General - Air

    Maj. Gen. Terrence Koudelka

     

    Maj Gen Terrence L. Koudelka, Jr. is the Deputy Adjutant General-Air and Commander, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Fort Indiantown, Gap, Pa. He serves as the primary advisor to The Adjutant General on all matters pertaining to air operations and is responsible for the overall operational readiness of the 4,100 assigned members and ensuring that they are trained and equipped to successfully accomplish their federal and state missions.

    Gen Koudelka entered the United States Air force in 1990 when he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant through AFROTC Detachment 645. He completed Joint Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training at both Randolph Air Force Base (AFB), Texas and NAS Pensacola, Florida. He served nearly 11 years on regular active duty in both staff and flying assignments as a B-1B Weapons Systems Officer (WSO). Gen Koudelka’s career included participation in numerous combat operations while flying as aircrew in the B-1B and EC-130. He has deployed to numerous operations to include Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, ALLIED FORCE, SECURE TOMORROW, IRAQI FREEDON, and ENDURING FREEDOM. In addition, his deployed experience includes several tours with US Army maneuver units as a parachutist qualified Air Liaison Officer/Joint Terminal Attack Controller at the brigade, division, and corps level.

    EDUCATION

    1990 Bachelor of Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

    1999 Squadron Officer’s School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

    2003 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

    2009 Air War College, by correspondence

    2014 Master of Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa.

    2014 Joint Task Force Commander Course, USNORTHCOM, Peterson AFB, Colo.

    2018 Dual Status Commander Course, USNORTHCOM, Peterson AFB, Colo.

    2021 National Security Management Course, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.

    2022 General and Flag Officer Homeland Security Executive Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

    2022 Baltic Defense College Senior Leaders’ Course, Vilnius, Lithuania

    2023 Senior Executives in National and International Security, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

    ASSIGNMENTS

    1. August 1991-February 1992, Wing Reorganization Team, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla.

    2. February 1992-July 1992, Executive Officer, 33rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.

    3. July 1992-October 1993, Executive Officer, 33rd Operations Group, Eglin AFB, Fla.

    4. October 1993-December 1994, Squadron Section Commander, 59th Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, Fla.​​

     

    (Current as of August 2024)​