Robert E. Bailey is a brigadier general in the United States Air Force Reserve Command.
After transferring to the Reserve Command, Bailey was assigned to the 96th Tactical Airlift Squadron at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
From there, he became a special assistant to the commander of the 440th Airlift Wing at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In 1999, Bailey was named Assistant Vice Commander of the Twenty-Second Air Force.
In 2005, he became Director of Installations and Military Support at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command.