Colonel David R. Dunklee is the Vice Commander, 75th Air Base Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The wing supports the Air Force’s second largest installation by population and geographical size, which includes 24,000 personnel, the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, two fighter wings, and more than 50 partner units. The 75th Air Base Wing also has base support responsibility for the 1,500-square-mile Utah Test and Training Range, the beddown of the Air Force’s first operational F-35 Lightning II unit, and ownership of the only Standard Aircraft Munitions Package mission in the continental United States.
Colonel Dunklee earned his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., in 1994. He has held a variety of positions at base, center and major command in acquisition, operations, assessment of communications and information capabilities, and political-military affairs. Prior to his current position, he served as Commander, 66th Air Base Group, supporting the Air Force acquisition mission, providing base, regional and readiness support for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, two Program Executive Offices, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a variety of other tenant organizations and a joint-service military housing community.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Ariz.
2001 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2007 Master of Science, C4I Systems, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2011 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1994 - August 1996, Deputy Program Manager, Headquarters, Standard Systems Group, Maxwell AFB-Gunter Annex, Ala.
2. September 1996 - August 1998, Chief, Systems Operations, Pacific Air Forces Computer Systems Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
3. September 1998 - May 1999, Officer-in-Charge, Communications and Network Operations, 15th Communications Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
4. June 1999 - September 1999, Flight Commander, Network Infrastructure and Information Systems Flight, Pacific Air Forces Computer Systems Squadron, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
5. September 1999 - September 2000, C4 Systems Security Officer, 92nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
6. September 2000 - May 2003, Assistant Flight Commander, 92nd Information Warfare Aggressor Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
7. May 2003 - May 2005, Flight Commander, Network Security Flight, 868th Communications Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
8. May 2005 - May 2006, Deputy Commander, 868th Communications Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
9. June 2006 - June 2007, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. June 2007 - June 2009, Detachment Commander, 388th Range Squadron, Det. 1, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
11. June 2009 - May 2012, Chief, Foreign Disclosure Branch, Directorate of Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses, Headquarters, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
12. May 2012 - June 2014, Commander, Air Force Space Command Cyberspace Support Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
13. July 2014 - December 2015, Deputy Commander, 66th Air Base Group, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
14. December 2015 - July 2016, Commander, 66th Air Base Group, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
15. August 2016 - present, Vice Commander, 75th Air Base Wing, Hill AFB, Utah.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
September 2010 - April 2011, Chief, Afghan National Security Forces Communications, Directorate of Communications (J6), Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Sept. 1, 1994
First Lieutenant Sept. 1, 1996
Captain Sept. 1, 1998
Major Sept. 1, 2005
Lieutenant Colonel Jan. 1, 2010
Colonel Feb. 1, 2016
(Current as of August 2016)