Colonel Timothy Helfrich

Portfolio Acquisition Executive Air Force Lifecycle Management Center

Colonel Timothy M. Helfrich is the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fighters and Advanced Aircraft, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He is responsible for the development, production, fielding, sustainment, and modernization of the Air Force fighter portfolio, which includes the A-10, F 15, F-16, F-22, and special programs; as well as the development of the F-47 program, Collaborative Combat Aircraft and other advanced aircraft capability development activities. Col Helfrich was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He received his commission from the United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Course, Detachment 220 at Purdue University in May 2002. He has served in a variety of acquisition positions at an Air Logistics Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, a flight test squadron, Air Staff, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and a classified program office. He served in key acquisition leadership roles as the Materiel Leader for the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, the Senior Materiel Leader for Cyber Systems and most recently was the Senior Material Leader for the Advanced Aircraft Division. Col Helfrich has combat experience from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM where he was the Detachment Commander for a joint flying unit, and from Operation INHERENT RESOLVE where he served as the SOCCENT Forward Headquarters Commandant.