General Adrian Spain

Commander Air Combat Command

General Adrian L. Spain is the commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. As commander, he is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready air, cyberspace, and electromagnetic spectrum forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense.

The command operates more than 1,600 aircraft, 35 wings, 12 bases, and 1,371 units at more than 263 operating locations worldwide with 155,205 total force military and civilian personnel. As the lead major command for Combat Air Forces, ACC develops strategy, doctrine, concepts, tactics and procedures for air, space and cyber-power employment. The command provides conventional and information warfare forces to all unified commands to ensure air, space, cyber and information superiority for warfighters and national decision-makers. The command also stands ready to assist national agencies with intelligence, surveillance and crisis response capabilities.

General Spain entered the Air Force in 1994 through the ROTC program, graduating from Villanova University. He has spent the majority of his career in aviation and command assignments accumulating more than 2,150 flight hours, deploying and serving in Joint positions extensively.

Prior to his current assignment, Spain served as the deputy chief of staff for operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. He led the development and implementation of policy directly supporting global operations, force management, training and readiness for the Air Force and served as the Air Force Operations Deputy to the Air Force Chief of Staff.

General Spain is a command pilot with more than 2,150 hours in multiple aircraft, primarily the F-22A and the F-15C/D, and more than 220 combat flight hours