David M. Gaedecke

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David M. Gaedecke
Maj Gen David M. Gaedecke.jpg
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Air Force
Years of service1993 - present
RankUS-O8 insignia.svg Major General
Commands held

David M. Gaedecke is a major general in the United States Air Force. He is the current vice commander of the Sixteenth Air Force.

Air Force career[]

David M. Gaedecke commissioned in the US Air Force at the Air Force Officer Training School after he graduated with a degree in English from James Madison University. He attended the Undergraduate Weapons Controller Court at Tyndall AFB and became an air battle manager. He was first assigned as a weapons controller at the 621st Air Control Squadron at Osan AB in the Republic of Korea. He then was a member of the 726th Air Control Squadron, first at Shaw AFB and then at Mountain Home AFB. In 1999, he moved to the 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker AFB, and began flying on the E-3 AWACS. He later flew on the NATO E-3 AWACS, and then flew on the E-8 JSTARS at Robins AFB. He was the director of operations, and later the commander, of the 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron. He attended the Joint Advanced Warfighting School at the National Defense University, and served as the directory of the Combat Operations Division at the 609th Air Operations Center at Al Udeid AB in Qatar. He then served as the vice commander of the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, and then became the commander of the 552nd Air Control Wing in 2015. In 2017, he became the Director of Cyberspace Operations and Warfighter Integration at The Pentagon, and later the director of Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority. In July 2020, he became the Vice Commander of the Sixteenth Air Force.[1][2]

Dates of promotion[]

Insignia Rank Date
US-O8 insignia.svg Major general May 7, 2021
US-O7 insignia.svg Brigadier general Nov. 17, 2017
US-O6 insignia.svg Colonel Sept. 1, 2011
US-O5 insignia.svg Lieutenant colonel Sept. 1, 2007
US-O4 insignia.svg Major Mar. 1, 2004
US-O3 insignia.svg Captain Nov. 19, 1997
US-OF1A.svg First lieutenant Nov. 19, 1995
US-OF1B.svg Second lieutenant Nov. 19, 1993

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "Lieutenant General David M. Gaedecke". Biographies. US Air Force. July 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Insinna, Valerie (September 19, 2019). "This is how the Air Force plans on improving its electronic warfare capabilities". Defense News. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
Military offices
Preceded by Director for Cyberspace Operations and Warfighting Integration, later Cyberspace Operations and Warfighter Communications of the United States Air Force
2017–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
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 Director for Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority of the United States Air Force
2019–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice Commander of the Sixteenth Air Force
2020–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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