Lt Col James "Norm" Peterson

Lt Col James "Norm" Peterson

Dates of Service: Nov 1985 - Aug 2007
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Promotions

  • 2d Lt Aug 85
  • 1st Lt Oct 87
  • Capt Oct 89
  • Maj 97
  • Lt Col Jan 02
Commissioning Source:  ROTC, Aug 1985

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Military Experiences

Jul 2005 - May 2007
CAOC
NATO Planning Officer
NATO Plans Officer at CAOC 9 in Uedem, Germany. Lived in Kalkar.
Aug 2004 - Jun 2005
National War College
Graduate Student
Student at the National War College. Committee 9. Field studies in Vietnam and Thailand.
Apr 2003 - Aug 2004
AF/SE
Chief, Flight Safety Division
Managed the entire USAF Flight Safety portfolio on the Air Staff.
Jul 2000 - Mar 2003
81 FS
ADO/DO, A-10 Instructor Pilot
ADO and then DO for the 81st Fighter Squadron Panthers. Also did a stint in Wing Inspections before being reassigned to the Pentagon.

Deployments

(1 year, 9 months)
Jan 2002 - Apr 2002
Turkey
Operation Northern Watch flying CSAR missions out of Incirlik. Some of the most boring flying ever. Long commute to hold north of the border in case someone got shot down. Then we'd commute back. Long mission to do a whole lot of nothing.
Nov 2000 - Dec 2000
Kuwait
Kuwait
My 3rd time to deploy to Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base for OSW. Basically the same crap except everyone was now housed inside Tent City. No more "pilot town" where we had our trailer set-up. Oh well, it was a short one.
Jun 1996 - Sep 1996
Kuwait
Kuwait
This was the 2nd time around for Operation Southern Watch with the 354 FS Bulldogs at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base. The big difference was the Khobar Towers bombing took place shortly after arriving and we were basically locked down for the summer. It sucked being confined to base.
Jan 1995 - Jun 1995
Kuwait
Kuwait
This was one of the early deployments for Operation Southern Watch, flying out of Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait. This was when I was stationed at Davis-Monthan with the 354 FS Bulldogs.

Academic Degrees

Academic Degrees

2004 - 2005

National War College

Master's Degree, National Security Strategy

1981 - 1985

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