![]() July 2015-July 2017, Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.Ģ0. January 2014-June 2015, Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. March 2012-January 2014, Deputy Director of Global Operations, U.S. May 2011-March 2012, Director of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.ġ7. Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nev.ġ6. Air Forces Central Command, Southwest Asiaġ5. ![]() June 2009-June 2010, Director of Space Forces, U.S. July 2007-May 2009, Commander, Aerospace Data Facility - Colorado, Buckley AFB, Colo.ġ4. ![]() June 2005-July 2007, Commander, 45th Operations Group, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.ġ3. August 2004-June 2005, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. June 2002-July 2004, Operations Officer and Commander, 2nd Space Launch Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.ġ1. September 2000-April 2002, Deputy Director, Commander's Action Group, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.ġ0. July 1998-August 2000, Spacelift Requirements Officer and Chief, Spacelift Vehicle Requirements Branch, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colo.ĩ. August 1997-June 1998, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.Ĩ. August 1995-July 1997, Program Manager, Advanced MILSATCOM Program, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.ħ. June 1993-July 1995, Olmsted Scholar, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, AustriaĦ. October 1992-May 1993, Student, Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.ĥ. August 1989-October 1992, Instructor of Astronautics, Assistant Professor and Executive Officer, Department of Astronautics, U.S. June 1988-July 1989, Graduate Student, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.ģ. July 1985-May 1988, Experimental Rocket Propulsion Engineer and Chief, Motor/ Component Operations Section, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.Ģ. McNair, Washington, D.C.Ģ005 Senior Acquisition Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. Air Force Academy, Colo.ġ989 Master of Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.ġ990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.ġ993 Olmsted Scholar, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austriaġ998 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.Ģ000 Advanced Program Managers Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.Ģ005 Master of Science, National Security Industrial Policy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. Space Force.ġ985 Bachelor of Science, Astronautical Engineering, U.S. Prior to his assignment as Vice Chief of Space Operations, General Thompson was the Vice Commander, U.S. General Thompson has commanded operational space units at the squadron, group, and wing levels he is also an Olmsted Scholar, graduate of the Senior Acquisition Course and Level III-Certified Program Manager. He is a career space officer with assignments in operations, acquisition, research and development and academia. General Thompson was commissioned in 1985 as a graduate of the U.S. Space Command and other combatant commands. Space Force organizes, trains, equips and maintains mission-ready space forces that provide missile warning, space domain awareness, positioning, navigation and timing, communications and space electronic warfare for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Space Force and Department of the Air Force. As Vice Chief he is responsible for assisting the Chief of Space Operations in organizing, training and equipping space forces in the United States and overseas, integrating space policy and guidance, and coordinating space-related activities for the U.S. Thompson is the Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force.
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