COLONEL WILLIAM MARTIN II
Colonel William Martin II, is Vice Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, March Air Reserve Base, California. As vice commander of the Air Force Reserve’s largest wing with more than 4,000 personnel, 9 C-17A Globemaster III’s and 14 KC-135R Stratotankers, he directs the support of worldwide airlift and air refueling operations. Col. Martin is also responsible for the daily operations of March ARB, which supports active duty, National Guard and Reserve tenants from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines as well as Department of Homeland Security personnel with the Air Marine Operations Center.
Col. Martin is a 1997 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He is a command pilot with more than 3600 flying hours in multiple airlift aircraft including the C-141B, C-17A, UH-1N, C-12J, and C-40B. His operational flying experience and deployment history spans the globe to include Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Kenya and China. Col. Martin held positions in an array of staffs to include 13th Air Force Detachment One, 5th Air Force and United States Forces, Japan. Prior to his current assignment, Col. Martin was the director for the Special Access Program Management Office, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2004 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2007 Master of Business Administration, Webster University, Webster Groves, Mo.
2007 Air Command and Staff College by correspondence
2013 Air War College by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
July 1997 - March 1998, Executive Officer, 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire AFB, N.J.
March 1998 - February 1999, Student Pilot, Training Squadron Three (VT-03), Whiting Field Naval Air Station, Fla.
March 1999 - December 1999, Student Pilot, 32nd Fighter Training Squadron, Vance AFB, Okla.
December 1999 - May 2003, Aircraft Commander C-141B/Stan/Eval Liaison Officer, 6th Airlift Squadron, McGuire AFB, N.J.
May 2003 - June 2006, Instructor Aircraft Commander C-17A/Wg Safety Officer, 15 AS, Charleston AFB, S.C.
June 2006 - July 2009, Instructor Aircraft Commander C-17A/Chief of 15th Wing Command Post, 535 AS, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
July 2009 - May 2012, Chief of Operations, 13th Air Force Detachment 1, Yokota Air Base, Japan
May 2012 - June 2013, Executive Officer to United States Forces, Japan/5th Air Force Commander, Yokota AB, Japan
June 2013 - May 2014, Director of Operations, 374th Operations Support Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
May 2014 - September 2016, Commander, 459 AS, Yokota AB, Japan
September 2016 - September 2018, Deputy Commander, 15th Operations Group, Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
September 2018 - June 2019, Director, HQ AMC/A8Z, Special Access Program Management Office, Scott AFB, Ill.
July 2019 - present, Vice Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March ARB, Calif.
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 3600
Aircraft Flown: T-34C, T-1, C-141B, C-17A, C-12J, UH-1N, C-40B
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Command Post of the Year 2007
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28, 1997
First Lieutenant May 28, 1999
Captain May 28, 2001
Major Dec. 1, 2006
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 2012
Colonel Sep. 1, 2018
(Current as of July 2019)