LIEUTENANT GENERAL
LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS W. BERGESON
Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Bergeson is the Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command where he oversees military security cooperation and combat operations within the Arabian Peninsula, Northern Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, and Central and Southern Asian States.
Lt. Gen. Bergeson was commissioned in 1985 upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has commanded a fighter squadron, operations group, fighter wing, numbered Air Force and has held various staff assignments, including positions as Chief of Aviation, Strategic Operations, Multi-National Forces Iraq; U.S. Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché, United Kingdom; and Director, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia.
Prior to his current assignment, Lt. Gen. Bergeson served as the Deputy Commander, United Nations Command Korea; Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; Commander, Air Component Command, South Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command; and Commander, Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan Air Base, South Korea. He is a graduate and then instructor pilot of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and is a command pilot with more than 3,300 hours in fighter aircraft, including the F-15 A/B/C/D/E, F-22 and A-10C. He has flown combat sorties in multiple operations.
EDUCATION
1985 Bachelor of Science, Operations Research, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1990 Squadron Officer School, Distinguished Graduate, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
1992 Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1997 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
1998 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1999 Master of Arts, Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 NATO Defense College, Rome
2006 Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2009 Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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