Lieutenant General Randall Reed

Deputy Commander, Air Mobility Command US Air Force

Lt. Gen. Randall Reed is Deputy Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The command serves as the U.S. Transportation Command air component with a fleet of nearly 1,100 aircraft operating from more than 100 locations worldwide to project, maneuver, and sustain the Joint Force, allies, and partners. Subordinate commands include 18th Air Force, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, the 618th Air Operations Center, 17 wings and two groups. Approximately 107,000 active-duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Airmen and civilians provide global command and control, inter-theater and intra-theater airlift, air refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and air mobility support, as well as presidential and senior leader air transport in support of national interests. Lt. Gen. Reed graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989. He commanded a numbered air force, wing, two expeditionary operations groups, and a flying training squadron. Additionally, he held a variety of joint, headquarters, and base-level positions including assignments in strategic airlift, special operations air refueling, and joint logistics spanning Operation Desert Storm to Operation Allies Refuge. He also served as the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché, Ankara, Turkey. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Light Fighter Air Assault School and is a command pilot with more than 3,500 hours in the C-141B, KC-135R/T, B-1B, RC-135V/W, E-8C, C-130, C-5A, and C-5M aircraft. Prior to his current assignment, the general served as Commander, Third Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.