Brigadier general michael j. zuhlsdorf

Brig. Gen. Mike Zuhlsdorf serves as the Director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. He is responsible for oversight, policy, guidance, training and resources in support of 45,000 PACAF personnel in 10 wings and three numbered air forces. Additionally, he manages aircraft maintenance, munitions, transportation, supply, fuels, civil engineering, anti-terrorism and force protection to support 396 total force combat aircraft and $42.3 billion of infrastructure. He directly supports deployment, basing, sustainment and redeployment of Air Force component forces across the spectrum of engagements and operations throughout the theater.

Brig. Gen. Zuhlsdorf enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1986, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. He then entered the Airman Scholarship and Commissioning Program in 1994 where he graduated and commissioned in 1997 as a Distinguished Graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps through the College of Civil Engineering. He has served in a variety of positions to include the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Headquarters Air Force, Headquarters Space Force, major command, and base level. He is a National Defense University Eisenhower School graduate and an Air Force Fellow in the Strategic Policy Intern program. He is a graduated Joint Base and Wing Commander, two-time Mission Support Group Commander, two-time Civil Engineer Squadron Commander, and has deployed four times in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.

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He has been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit Medal wit two oak leaf clusters, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster, and Joint Meritorious Unit Award.

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