Prior to his current assignment, Wilson served as Commander, Eighth Air Force.

[1] Wilson was the longest serving vice chief of staff in Air Force history.

He has had multiple flying tours, and led bomber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, mobility, aeromedical evacuation, and airborne command and control operations supporting Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

1977 Fort Hunt High School, Alexandria, VA 1981 Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1989 Master of Science degree, Engineering Management, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1997 U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 2000 Master's degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2005 Leadership for a Democratic Society, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va. 2007 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2009 Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2010 Leadership Decision Making Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

May 1987 – July 1991, B-1 Instructor Pilot and Flight Commander, 77th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth AFB, S.D.

July 1993 – September 1995, Joint Staff Officer, Doctrine, Concepts and Initiatives Division, Plans and Policy (J5), Headquarters U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany 8.

July 2002 – March 2004, Commander, 608th Air Operations Group, Barksdale AFB, La.

March 2004 – June 2006, Commander, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus AFB, Miss.

July 2010 – June 2011, Director for Joint Integration, Directorate of Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 18.