Peter Lee

Principal Strategic Planner, Strategic Studies Group Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

As Principal Strategic Planner for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. European Command portfolios in Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' Strategic Studies Group, Pete "Juice" Lee develops long-range strategy for the Aeronautics enterprise. He looks at threat trends, capability gaps, and customer demand across the Air Force and the European theater. Before joining Lockheed Martin, Juice spent nearly 25 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a command pilot with more than 2,000 flight hours in the F-35A, F-15C, T-38, and T-6. He has commanded at the squadron, group, and wing levels. He led the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, the world's only multinational F-35 squadron, training pilots from the United States, Norway, Italy, and the Netherlands. He then commanded the 48th Operations Group at RAF Lakenheath, England, U.S. Air Forces in Europe's largest fighter operations group led the theater's first F-35 nuclear alert certification. His career culminated as Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing, where he led the Air Force's pilot instructor, remotely piloted aircraft, and combat systems officer training and the standup of the T-7A Red Hawk. A NATO strategist and operations analyst, Pete stood up NATO's first F-35 Integration Cell at Allied Air Command, Ramstein, Germany. He led fourth- and fifth-generation integration across nine F-35 partner and Foreign Military Sales nations during the Ukraine crisis. He was led the first U.S.–Norway F-35 exchange program, flying with the Royal Norwegian Air Force. He served as legislative liaison for fighter and weapons programs on the Secretary of the Air Force's staff in the Pentagon. He has deployed in support of U.S. and coalition operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Afghanistan. Juice holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He also holds a Master of Philosophy in strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and a master's degree from Air Command and Staff College. He was an Air Force fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.