Mark D. Kelly

[4] Kelly was commissioned through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Southwest Texas State University in February 1986.

He received his training for piloting the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle from August 1991 to April 1992, under 461st Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

[4][6] As a colonel, Kelly served as vice commander of the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho from 2007 to 2008.

[4][9] In August 2018 Kelly was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the United States Air Force, also relieving Nowland in the post.

[6] As ACC commander, Kelly also oversaw the development of strategy, doctrine, concepts, tactics, and procedures for air, space, and cyber-power employment and assisted sister agencies with intelligence, surveillance and crisis response capabilities.

[15] At the same time, Kelly reaffirmed his commitment to shifting the fighter force to compete with China's, evolving from previous peer based adversaries such as Iraq and the Soviet Union.

Brigadier General Kelly piloting a Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon during his tenure as commander of 455th Air Expeditionary Wing .
Lieutenant General Mark D. Kelly, Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations , gives a speech during the Air Force Association's annual conference on September 17, 2018.
Kelly is administered the reaffirmation oath by Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown Jr. upon his promotion to general on August 28, 2020.
Kelly speaks at the Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 22, 2021.
Kelly piloting a Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle .
Kelly speaks to fellow airmen during a visit to Grand Forks Air Force Base on October 7, 2021.
Kelly is pinned with his fourth star by his family on August 28, 2020.