David A. Deptula is the Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power Studies,[1] and a senior scholar at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development. He transitioned from the U.S. Air Force in 2010 at the rank of Lieutenant General after more than 34 years of service. Deptula was commissioned in 1974 as a distinguished graduate from The University of Virginia Air Force ROTC program, and remained to complete a master's degree in 1976. During his military career he took part in operations, planning, and joint warfighting at unit, major command, service headquarters and combatant command levels,[2] and also served on two congressional commissions[3][4] outlining America's future defense posture.[5][6] He was a principal author of the original Air Force White Paper "Global Reach—Global Power".[7][8] In the early 1990s he was instrumental in the formation and development of the concept later known as "effects-based operations", having successfully applied it in building the attack plans for the Operation Desert Storm air campaign.[9][10][11][12] He has been cited as having "... fostered the most significant change in the conduct of aerial warfare since Billy Mitchell...Deptula’s framework influenced the successful air campaigns in Operations Allied Force, Iraqi Freedom, and Enduring Freedom. Today, joint targeting cells and Air Force doctrine reflect Deptula's theory of airpower and the changing nature of warfare."[13] Deptula is one of 12 airmen singled out in Airpower Pioneers: From Billy Mitchell to Dave Deptula.[14] He is also the subject of a more detailed review of his contributions to the development of airpower in America's Airman: David Deptula and the Airpower Moment.[15]

David A. Deptula
BornDayton, Ohio
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Air Force
Years of service1976–2010
RankLieutenant general
Commands33d Operations Group (F-15); C/JTF Commander, Operation Northern Watch; Combined Air Operations Center--Operation Enduring Freedom; Joint Force Air Component Commander--Operation Unified Assistance; Vice Commander Pacific Air Forces; JTF Commander--Operation Deep Freeze; Kenny Warfighting Headquarters (13th Air Force)
Battles / wars

Leadership in combat and contingency operations

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Deptula has experience in combat and leadership in several major joint contingency operations. He was the principal attack planner for the Desert Storm coalition air campaign in 1991.[16][17][18][19][20][21] He has twice been a Combined/Joint Task Force Commander – in 1998/1999 for the Operation Northern Watch no-fly zone[22] where he flew 82 combat missions as a general officer, and for Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica.[23] In 2001, he served as Director of the Combined Air Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom where he orchestrated air operations over Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001.[24] In 2005, he was the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) for Operation Unified Assistance, the South Asia tsunami relief effort,[25] and in 2006 he was the standing JFACC for Pacific Command.[26][27] He has piloted more than 3,000 flying hours (400 in combat) to include multiple fighter aircraft command assignments in the F-15.[2]

Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and drone leadership

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Deptula was the first Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Air Force Headquarters, and was involved in shaping and managing military use of unmanned aerial vehicles.[28] Responsible for policy formulation, planning, and leadership of AF ISR and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)[29]—also known as drones—he initiated and built the Air Force's first ISR Strategy,[30] established the Air Force ISR Agency,[31] and constructed an Air Force ISR flight plan that established processes to optimize ISR decisions to resource that strategy.[32] He published the first USAF RPA/drone flight plan[33][34] that together with the ISR strategy formed an ISR enterprise intended to transition the military from an era of industrial age warfare to the information age.[35][36][37][38]

Military career

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Deptula began his USAF career as a pilot earning his wings in 1977. Upon graduation, he was assigned an F-15C air superiority fighter, and went on to serve in fighter squadrons in a variety of roles to include duty as an F-15 aerial demonstration pilot. He attended the USAF Fighter Weapons School, and became a squadron, and then wing weapons officer. His first staff assignment was in USAF Legislative Liaison. The remainder of his career he spent alternating between operational assignments commanding fighter units and in joint operations, with staff assignments at Headquarters USAF, Major Air Force Commands, and with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Notable assignments included: Policy and issues analyst, Secretary of the Air Force Policy Group; Principal offensive air campaign planner for Operation Desert Shield, and director, Iraq Target Planning Group, Operation Desert Storm; Commander, Combined/Joint Task Force for Operation Northern Watch (ONW), U.S. European Command; Director, 2001 Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR); Director, Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) 2001; Commander of the General George C. Kenney Warfighting Headquarters, and Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces; Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC)—Operation Unified Assistance—the South Asia tsunami relief effort; and Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Headquarters USAF.[2] An editorial on the impact of his military career appeared in the Air Force Times on August 2, 2010,[39] and a more complete accounting of his military career can be found in Airpower Pioneers: From Billy Mitchell to Dave Deptula.[40]

Post-military career

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Deptula's post-military retirement life involves research, education, and advocacy on matters relating to national security. He has served as a senior scholar at the U.S. Air Force Academy Center for Character and Leadership Development;[41] on the Defense Science Board task force on innovation for the future;[42] participated in the crafting of "A New Defense Strategy for a New Era" as a member of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Defense Advisory Committee;[43] as a senior adviser to the Gemunder Center for Defense & Strategy;[44] and as an adviser to the NATO Joint Air Power Competence Center future vector project.[45][46] He has been a speaker at events hosted by the USAF; the Air Force Association; the Council On Foreign Relations; the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Affairs; the Center for a New American Security; the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Congressional Staff; the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs; The National Security Roundtable; the Bipartisan Policy Center; the U.S. Peace Institute; several universities; international security events, and testified multiple times to Congress as a defense expert.[47][48]

As the inaugural holder of the position of dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies initiated in 2013, Lt Gen Deptula, (Ret.) built the institute into what has been cited as the “world’s leading aerospace power think tank.[49] Its impact has expanded with a growing number of video forums with senior aerospace defense leadership known as the Aerospace Nation series; research and policy papers; and its Aerospace Advantage podcast series moving into top U.S. rankings for aerospace content. Deptula established both a Space Power Advantage Center of Excellence in 2021[50] and a Center for Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Autonomy Studies in 2022[51] inside the Mitchell Institute to focus on emerging technologies, concepts, and capabilities.  

In addition to his primary occupation as the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies,[52] Deptula is a board member at a variety of institutions;[53] an independent consultant; and is a commentator around the world on military issues; strategy; and ISR.[54][55][56] He has appeared in numerous publications,[57][58][59] on national and international television and radio,[28][60][61][62] and authored articles in public, and professional magazines, journals, and books (see publications list below). Defense News magazine named Deptula one of the 100 most influential people in U.S. defense for 2014.[63]

Education

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Assignments

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  • February 1976 – January 1977, student, undergraduate pilot training, Vance AFB, Oklahoma
  • February 1977 – December 1977, student, F-15 upgrade training, Luke AFB, Arizona
  • January 1978 – September 1979, F-15 flight lead, 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and wing training officer, 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, New Mexico
  • September 1979 – January 1983, F-15 flight commander, weapons and tactics officer, mission commander, instructor pilot and Pacific Air Forces F-15 aerial demonstration pilot, 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan
  • January 1983 – February 1984, staff officer, Air Staff Training Program, Weapons Systems Division, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Legislative Liaison, Washington, D.C.
  • February 1984 – April 1984, student, F-15 requalification training, Luke AFB, Arizona
  • April 1984 – July 1987, chief, Wing Weapons and Tactics Division, and instructor pilot, 325th Tactical Training Wing, Tyndall AFB, Florida
  • July 1987 – January 1988, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia
  • January 1988 – September 1989, action officer, Directorate of Warfighting Concepts Development, Doctrine Division, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
  • September 1989 – January 1992, policy and issues analyst, and Secretary of the Air Force Policy Group member, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. (August 1990 – March 1991, principal offensive air campaign planner for the Director of Campaign Plans, Operation Desert Shield, and director, Iraq Target Planning Group, Operation Desert Storm, Joint Force Air Component Command, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
  • February 1992 – March 1992, student, F-15 requalification training, Tyndall AFB, Florida
  • March 1992 – July 1993, Chief of Wing Safety, and Team Chief and lead pilot for William Tell 1992, 33rd Fighter Wing; later, deputy commander of 33rd Logistics Group, Eglin AFB, Florida
  • August 1993 – June 1994, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
  • May 1994 – August 1995, team leader, Joint Warfighting and Deep Attack Issues, and professional staff member, Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
  • August 1995 – September 1995, student, F-15 requalification training, Tyndall AFB, Florida
  • October 1995 – December 1996, commander, 33rd Operations Group, Eglin AFB, Florida
  • January 1997 – January 1998, senior Air Force representative, National Defense Panel, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
  • February 1998 – March 1998, student, F-15 requalification training, Tyndall AFB, Florida
  • April 1998 – October 1999, commander, Combined Task Force for Operation Northern Watch, U.S. European Command, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
  • October 1999 – February 2000, Director for Expeditionary Aerospace Force Implementation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
  • February 2000 – December 2001, director, Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. (September 2001 – November 2001, Director, Combined Air Operations Center, Operation Enduring Freedom)
  • December 2001 – October 2003, director of plans and programs, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
  • November 2003 – August 2005, Director of Air and Space Operations, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
  • September 2005 – July 2006, Commander of the General George C. Kenney Warfighting Headquarters (P), and Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
  • July 2006 – October 2010, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Joint assignments

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  • August 1990 – March 1991, principal air campaign planner, Operation Desert Shield, and director, Iraq Target Planning Group, Operation Desert Storm, Joint Force Air Component Command, Saudi Arabia, as a lieutenant colonel
  • May 1994 – August 1995, team leader-Joint Warfighting Issues, and professional staff member, Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
  • January 1997 – January 1998, National Defense Panel staff member, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., as a colonel
  • April 1998 – October 1999, commander, Combined/Joint Task Force Operation Northern Watch, U.S. European Command, Incirlik AB, Turkey, as a brigadier general
  • September 2001 – November 2001, director, Combined Air Operations Center, Operation Enduring Freedom, Saudi Arabia, as a major general
  • December 2004 – February 2005, Joint Force Air Component Commander, Operation Unified Assistance (South Asia tsunami relief effort), Hickam AFB, Hawaii, as a major general
  • October 2005 – July 2006, commander, Joint Task Force Operation Deep Freeze, and standing Joint Force Air Component Commander for Pacific Command, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, as a lieutenant general

Flight information

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  • Rating: Command pilot
  • Flight hours: More than 3,000, including more than 400 combat hours
  • Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38 and F-15A/B/C/D

Awards and decorations

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Personal decorations
  Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (with two bronze oak leaf clusters)
Defense Superior Service Medal (with bronze oak leaf cluster)
Legion of Merit (with bronze oak leaf cluster)
Bronze Star Medal (with bronze oak leaf cluster)
Meritorious Service Medal (with three bronze oak leaf clusters)
Air Medal (with four bronze oak leaf clusters)
  Aerial Achievement Medal
  Air Force Commendation Medal
Unit awards
Joint Meritorious Unit Award (with bronze oak leaf cluster)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with three bronze oak leaf clusters)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award (with four bronze oak leaf clusters)
Service Awards
Combat Readiness Medal (with four bronze oak leaf clusters)
Campaign and service medals
National Defense Service Medal (with bronze service star)
  Antarctica Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (with bronze service star)
Southwest Asia Service Medal (with two bronze service stars)
  Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
  Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal (with two bronze service stars)
Service, training, and marksmanship awards
  Air Force Overseas Short Tour Service Ribbon
  Air Force Overseas Long Tour Service Ribbon
  Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service Award (with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters)
  Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
  Air Force Training Ribbon
Foreign awards
  Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
  Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Other accoutrements
  Command Air Force Pilot Badge
  Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge
  Headquarters Air Force Badge

Effective dates of promotion

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Rank Date
  Second lieutenant February 4, 1976
  First lieutenant June 5, 1977
  Captain June 5, 1979
  Major May 1, 1986
  Lieutenant colonel April 1, 1990
  Colonel February 1, 1994
  Brigadier general September 1, 1999
  Major general June 1, 2002
  Lieutenant general  October 1, 2005

Publications

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References

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force

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