John E. Michel

John E. Michel is a Brigadier General serving the United States Air Force. The Executive Commanding Officer has jurisdiction and service duty over NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; NATO Training Mission/Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan; and as Commander of the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Education
Michel received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southwest Texas State University, a Master's of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Master's of Military Operation Art, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. He also received a Doctorate in Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, Washington.

Military career
Michel entered the Air Force in 1988. He has served in a number of command and staff assignments, including USTRANSCOM Liaison to North American Aerospace Defense Command-U.S. Northern Command; Chief, Rated Staff Assignments and Deputy for Senior Officer Matters, Headquarters Air Mobility Command; and Deputy Director, Air, Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center.

He is a command pilot with more than 3,400 hours in the C-17A, C-5A/B, KC-135R/RT, C-21A, C-208, T-37B and T-38A aircraft.

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