Steven L. Kwast

Kwast was nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general by the president on August 1, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/605112/general-officer-announcements/|title=General Officer Announcements|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE|access-date=2020-02-19|archive-date=2020-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219013923/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/605112/general-officer-announcements/|url-status=live}} He was promoted to Lieutenant General November 10, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108470/steven-l-kwast/|title=LIEUTENANT GENERAL STEVEN L. KWAST > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display|website=www.af.mil|access-date=2020-02-19|archive-date=2020-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219013919/https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108470/major-general-steven-l-kwast/|url-status=live}} Kwast was nominated for appointment to the rank of major general by the president on May 3, 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/|title=Release|website=www.defense.gov|access-date=2020-02-19|archive-date=2014-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009113642/http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=9564|url-status=live}} He was promoted to major general May 4, 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=12695|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121212215152/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=12695|url-status=dead|title=Biographies : MAJOR GENERAL STEVEN L. KWAST|archivedate=12 December 2012}} On July 31, 2009 Kwast was promoted to the grade of brigadier general at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

• 1986 Bachelor's degree in astronautical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
• 1988 Master's degree in public policy, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, Mass.
• 1993 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
• 1994 Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
• 1997 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
• 1999 Air War College, by correspondence
• 2003 National Defense Fellowship, Boston University, Mass.
• 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Seminar XXI
• 2008 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C.

• August 1986 – June 1988, AFIT student, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Mass.
• June 1988 – June 1989, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
• June 1989 – May 1990, student, F-15E Fighter Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz.
• May 1990 – August 1996, war plans officer, weapons officer, and Chief of Weapons, 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
• August 1996 – June 1997, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• June 1997 – August 1999, military aide to the Vice President of the United States, the White House, Washington D.C.
• August 1999 – June 2002, Assistant Operations Officer, Director of Operations, and Commander, 492d Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom
• June 2002 – June 2003, National Defense Fellow, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy, Boston University, Mass.
• September 2003 – February 2005, Commander, 47th Operations Group, Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas
• February 2005 – September 2006, Deputy Director for Colonel Matters, Air Force Senior Leader Management Office, Washington, D.C.
• September 2006 – September 2008, Commander, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.
• September 2008 – April 2009, Deputy Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
• April 2009 – April 2010, Commander, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
• June 2010 – March 2012, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Europe, NATO and Russia, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
• March 2012 – January 2013, Director of Requirements, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
• January 2013 – January 2014, Director, Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review, Office of the Air Force Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
• February 2014 – November 2014, Commander, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education and Vice Commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• November 2014 – November 2017, Commander and President, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
• November 2017 – July 2019, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

• 1989 Commander's Trophy, Air Training Command
• 1994 Outstanding Graduate, USAF Fighter Weapons School
• 1995 Robbie Risner Award

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• [https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108470/steven-l-kwast/ U.S. Air Force Bio]

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