Lieutenant General Russell l. Mack

Deputy Commander, Air Combat Command U.S Air Force

Lt. Gen. Russell L. Mack is the Deputy Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He assists the Commander in organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense.

The command operates more than 1,300 aircraft, 34 wings, 19 bases, and has more than 70 operating locations worldwide with 98,000 active-duty and civilian personnel. When mobilized, the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve contribute more than 700 aircraft and 53,000 people to ACC. As the Combat Air Forces lead agent, ACC develops strategy, doctrine, concepts, tactics, and procedures for air and space power employment. The command provides conventional and information warfare forces to all unified commands to ensure air, space and information superiority for warfighters and national decision-makers. The command can also be called upon to assist national agencies with intelligence, surveillance and crisis response capabilities.

A graduate of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, Lt. Gen. Mack received his commission through the Officer Training School program in 1988. During his career, Lt. Gen. Mack has served as F-15E Electronic Warfare Officer, A/OA-10A/C Replacement Training Unit Instructor Pilot, U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds, Right Wingman Pilot and Commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing. He served as Vice Commander, of the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing while deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan and Seventh Air Force, South Korea and Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

Lt. Gen. Mack has staff experience as Military Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and as Director, Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Executive Action Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. Lt. Gen. Mack also completed a National Defense Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Prior to his current assignment, Lt. Gen. Mack served as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarter U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He is a command pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours in the A/OA-10A/C, F-15E, F-16C/D, T-38A/C and T-37, and has combat tours in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom.