Darryl Roberson

Darryl Roberson
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service 1983–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Awards Defense Superior Service Medal (2)
Legion of Merit (3)

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.[1][2] 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.

Awards and decorations

US Air Force Command Pilot Badge
Basic Parachutist Badge
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
Headquarters Air Force Badge

 Defense Superior Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster

Width-44 crimson ribbon with a pair of width-2 white stripes on the edges

 Legion of Merit with two bronze oak leaf clusters

 Distinguished Flying Cross with one bronze oak leaf cluster

Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges.

 Bronze Star Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster

Width-44 crimson ribbon with two width-8 white stripes at distance 4 from the edges.

 Meritorious Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster

 Air Medal with two silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters

 Aerial Achievement Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal

 Air Force Commendation Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award

 Air Force Meritorious Unit Award with one bronze oak leaf cluster
V

 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" Device and one bronze oak leaf cluster
Combat Readiness Medal
Air Force Recognition Ribbon
Bronze star

Width=44 scarlet ribbon with a central width-4 golden yellow stripe, flanked by pairs of width-1 scarlet, white, Old Glory blue, and white stripes

 National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Bronze star
Bronze star

Width-44 ribbon with the following stripes, arranged symmetrically from the edges to the center: width-2 black, width-4 chamois, width-2 Old Glory blue, width-2 white, width-2 Old Glory red, width-6 chamouis, width-3 myrtle green up to a central width-2 black stripe

 Southwest Asia Service Medal with two bronze service stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Bronze star
Bronze star

 Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Korea Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Air and Space Campaign Medal

 Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon
Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon

 Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with gold frame and two bronze oak leaf clusters

 Air Force Longevity Service Award with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze star

 Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with one bronze service star
Air Force Training Ribbon
NATO Medal for Former Yugoslavia
Polish Silver Star
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

References

  1. ↑ "3-star nominated to head Air Education and Training Command". airforcetimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  2. ↑ "New 3rd Air Force commander on the job at Ramstein - News - Stripes". stripes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-24.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Carlton D. Everhart II		 Commander, Third Air Force
2014 – 2015 		Succeeded by
Timothy Ray
Preceded by
Robin Rand		 Commander, Air Education and Training Command
2015 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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