Maj. Gen. Christopher P. Weggeman is the Commander, 24th Air Force and Commander, Air Forces Cyber, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. General Weggeman is responsible for the Air Force's component numbered air force providing combatant commanders with trained and ready cyber forces which plan and conduct cyberspace operations. Twenty-fourth Air Force personnel extend, maintain and defend the Air Force portion of the Department of Defense global network. The general directs the activities of two cyberspace wings, the 624th Operations Center, and the Joint Force Headquarters – Cyber, all headquartered at JBSA-Lackland, as well as the 5th Combat Communications Group at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
General Weggeman is a 1987 graduate of Purdue University, where he was commissioned through Air Force ROTC as a distinguished graduate. Prior to this assignment, General Weggeman was the Deputy Director, Future Operations (J3F), U.S. Cyber Command at Fort George G. Meade.
EDUCATION
1987 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
1993 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., distinguished graduate
1994 U.S. Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev., distinguished graduate
1996 U.S. Weapons School Instructor Pilot Upgrade Program, Nellis AFB, Nev.
1999 Master of Military Arts and Sciences, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
2006 Master's degree in strategic studies with academic distinction, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2008 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill
2012 Combined Joint Forces Air Component Commander's Course, Maxwell AFB. Ala.
2013 Combined Joint Forces Land Component Commander's Course, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
2014 Cyber Operations Executive Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2015 Harvard Cybersecurity Program, Cambridge, Mass.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1987 - December 1988, student, Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training, Sheppard AFB, Texas (distinguished graduate)
2. March 1989 - October 1989, student, F-16C Training, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
3. October 1989 - June 1994, F-16 pilot, Hill AFB, Utah
4. January 1995 - January 1996, weapons officer, 35th Fighter Squadron, later, Assistant Chief, Wing Weapons and Tactics, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea
5. January 1996 - June 1998, instructor, F-16 Division, USAF Weapons School, later, division scheduler and assistant operations officer, Nellis AFB, Nev.
6. June 1998 - June 1999, student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
7. June 1999 - August 2001, Chief, Joint Strike Fighter Operational Requirements Branch, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
8. August 2001 - December 2002, Chief, Safety, 388th Fighter Wing, Hill AFB, Utah
9. December 2002 - July 2003, operations officer, 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
10. July 2003 - July 2005, Commander, 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
11. July 2005 - July 2006, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. (academic distinction)
12. July 2006 - June 2008, Commander, 12th Operations Group, Randolph AFB, Texas
13. June 2008 - July 2010, Director of Staff, U.S. Senior National Representative, later, Commander, Air Force Element, Allied Air Component Command Headquarters, Ramstein AB, Germany
14. July 2010 - July 2012, Commander, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
15. July 2012 – June 2014, Deputy Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Joint Staff, J6, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
16. June 2014 – June 2015, Deputy Director of Future Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, J3, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
17. June 2015 – June 2016, Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Cyber Command, J5, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
18. June 2016 – present, Commander, 24th Air Force - AFCYBER
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 2000 - December 2000, J3 Weapons & Tactics Officer, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia, as a lieutenant colonel
2. June 2008 - July 2010, Director of Staff, U.S. Senior National Representative, later, Commander, Air Force Element, Allied Air Component Command Headquarters, Ramstein AB, Germany, as a colonel
3. July 2012 – June 2014, Deputy Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Joint Staff, J6, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a brigadier general
4. June 2014 – June 2015, Deputy Director of Future Operations, U.S. Cyber Command, J3, as a brigadier general
5. June 2015 – present, Director, Plans and Policy, U.S. Cyber Command, J5, as a brigadier general
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: command pilot
Flight hours: more than 2,800
Aircraft flown: F-16C, F-16D, T-38C, AT-38C, T-6A, AT-38B, T-1A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Aug. 13, 1987
First Lieutenant Aug. 13, 1989
Captain Aug. 13, 1991
Major Sept. 1, 1997
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2000
Colonel Feb. 1, 2006
Brigadier General June 5, 2012
Major General frocked
(Current as of June 2016)