Muncy's Pin on Ceremony March Air Reserve Base

Brig. Gen. Russell A. Muncy, 452nd Air Mobility Wing commander for March Air Reserve Base, participated in a formal pin-on ceremony on Jan. 14 on base. As commander of the Air Force Reserve’s largest wing, with more than 4,000 personnel, nine C-17As and 14 KC-135Rs, Muncy directs the support of worldwide airlift and air refueling operations. Brig. Gen. Muncy is also responsible for the daily operations of March Air Reserve Base, which supports Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve tenants from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines as well as Department of Homeland Security personnel with the Air Marine Operations Center. Brig. Gen. Muncy was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1983 and served on active duty as a KC-135A/R pilot and squadron flying safety officer before leaving the service in December 1990. Muncy re-entered the service with the Air Force Reserve in 1995 serving as a pilot, flying safety officer, operations plans officer, chief pilot, director of operations, group commander, vice wing commander and wing commander since that time. Brig. Gen. Muncy served at the Major Command level as the AFRC headquarters tanker operations officer at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., where he orchestrated AFRC's tanker operations in response to the events of Sept. 11, 2001. He has deployed numerous times in support of Operations DESERT SHIELD, JOINT FORGE, DELIBERATE GUARD, NORTHERN WATCH and ENDURING FREEDOM and deployed in a joint role for operations IRAQI FREEDOM and NEW DAWN. He became a Level II Joint Qualified Officer in 2013. EDUCATION 1983 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1989 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1996 ACC Flight Safety Program Management Course, Dyess AFB, Texas 2004 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 2007 Masters Degree, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2007 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2012 DIRMOBFOR-Air Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 2012 Joint Air and Space Operations Senior Staff Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla. 2013 Reserve Component National Security Course, Washington, D.C. Here is a re-cap of Brig. Gen. Muncy's time in service: 1. September 1983 - October 1984: student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus AFB, Miss. 2. October 1984 - April 1985: student, KC-135A weapons systems training, Castle AFB, Calif. 3. April 1985 - October 1988: KC-135A/R co-pilot, aircraft commander and flying safety officer, 306 ARW, Altus AFB, Okla. 4. October 1988 - December 1990: KC-135R aircraft commander and flying safety officer, 305 ARW, Grissom AFB, Ind. 5. January 1991 - October 1995: break in military service; corporate aviation, insurance auditor and medical management career fields 6. October 1995 - December 2000: operations plans officer, flying safety officer and instructor pilot, 434 ARW, Grissom ARB, Ind. 7. December 2000 - March 2001: chief pilot, 74th Air Refueling Squadron, Grissom ARB, Ind. 8. March 2001 - October 2002: operations officer, HQ AFRC, Robins AFB, Ga. 9. October 2002 - August 2007: director of operations, 64th ARS, 939th Operations Group, Portland International Airport, Ore. 10. August 2007 - June 2010: commander, 459th OG, Joint Base Andrews, Md. 11. June 2010 - February 2011: vice commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, JB Andrews, Md. 12. March 2011 - October 2011: commander, 459th Air Refueling Wing, JB Andrews, Md. 13. October 2011 - November 2013: commander, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla. 14. November 2013 – present: commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March ARB, Calif. JOINT ASSIGNMENT/QUALIFICATION: August 2010 – February 2011, Chief of Staff, Joint Forces Special Operations Component CommandIraq, Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq July 2013, Level II Joint Officer Qualified FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command Pilot Flight hours: more than 4,300 hours Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, KC-135A/R, C-17A MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Bronze Star Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal Joint Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and three oak leaf clusters Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two bronze service stars Southwest Asia Service Medal with bronze service star Iraq Campaign Medal with bronze service star Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold border Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant, Aug. 5, 1983 First Lieutenant, Aug. 5, 1985 Captain, Aug. 5, 1987, recalculated to June 2, 1992 due to break in service Major, June 16, 2000 Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 30, 2004 Colonel, Feb. 7, 2008 Brigadier General, March 26, 2015.