Lance L. Smith

Education

• 1969 Bachelor of Arts degree in business management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia
• 1978 Master of Arts degree in business management, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant
• 1982 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
• 1990 Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
• 1994 Advanced Executive Program, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

  Assignments

• June 1970 - June 1971, student, undergraduate pilot training, Columbus AFB, Mississippi
• June 1971 - September 1971, A-1 combat crew training, Hurlburt Field, Florida
• October 1971 - October 1972, A-1 pilot, 1st Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB, Thailand
• October 1972 - July 1973, instructor pilot training, Randolph AFB, Texas
• July 1973 - September 1977, instructor pilot and chief, check section, 96th Flying Training Squadron, Williams AFB, Arizona
• September 1977 - January 1979, staff officer, Air Staff Training Program, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
• January 1979 - August 1981, student, A-7 Corsair conversion training, A-7D aircraft commander, flight commander and assistant operations officer, 76th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, Louisiana
• August 1981 - June 1982, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• June 1982 - July 1986, Air Staff officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations; Project Checkmate analyst for interdiction, Europe and Southwest Asia; Air Force team chief, Joint Assessment and Initiative Office, and executive officer to the Air Force Director of Operations, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
• July 1986 - July 1989, Chief of Safety, later, Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina
• July 1989 - June 1990, student, Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
• June 1990 - August 1992, Commandant, NATO School, SHAPE, Oberammergau, Germany
• August 1992 - September 1993, Vice Commander, later, Commander, 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, New Mexico
• September 1993 - June 1995, Assistant Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
• June 1995 - July 1997, Commander, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina
• July 1997 - August 1998, Vice Commander, 7th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Korea, and Chief of Staff, Combined Republic of Korea and U.S. Air Component Command, Osan Air Base, South Korea
• September 1998 - December 1999, Commandant, Air War College, and Vice Commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• December 1999 - November 2001, Commander, Air Force Doctrine Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• November 2001 - October 2003, Deputy Commander, United Nations Command; Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; Commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea and U.S. Combined Forces Command; and Commander, 7th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan AB, South Korea
• October 2003 - November 2005, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command, MacDill AFB, Florida
• November 2005 - November 2007, Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia

  Flight information

• Rating: Command pilot
• Flight hours: More than 3,000
• Aircraft flown: T-33, T-37, T-38, A-1, A-7, A-10, F-111F, F-15E and F-16

  Major awards and decorations

Effective dates of promotion

• Second Lieutenant May 18, 1970
• First Lieutenant November 11, 1971
• Captain October 18, 1973
• Major December 4, 1978
• Lieutenant Colonel February 1, 1982
• Colonel July 1, 1989
• Brigadier General July 1, 1995
• Major General April 1, 1998
• Lieutenant General January 1, 2002
• General November 7, 2005