Darryl Roberson

Darryl L. Roberson is a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who currently serves as the commander of Air Education and Training Command. He previously served as commander of the 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He assumed his current assignment on July 21, 2015.

Roberson is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and Euro-NATO Joint Jet pilot training. He has been a Thunderbird air demonstration pilot, a Congressional Fellow on Capitol Hill and has served on the Air Staff and Joint Staff at the Pentagon. He has commanded at the squadron and group levels, and served as the Commander 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, 325th Fighter Wing, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram, Afghanistan. He has flown combat missions in Iraq during operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom as well as in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Roberson is a command pilot who has more than 5,000 flight hours including 865 combat hours. He has flown the F-4, F-15, F-16 and F-22.