Bio - United States Air Force Academy

BIOGRAPHY
U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R
10 th Mission Support Group
8034 Edgerton Drive. Suite 250, USAF Academy, Colorado 80840
COLONEL MICHAEL A. ADDISON, JR.
Colonel "Mickey" Addison is the commander of the 10th
Mission Support Group, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. He
commands more than 1,900 military, civilian and contract
personnel who conduct all base-level support activities, including
law enforcement and force protection, civil engineering,
communications, logistics, military and civilian personnel, and
morale, welfare and recreation for a military community of more
than 25,000 people. He is responsible for a base infrastructure
valued at $3.5-billion that serves more than 14,000 military and
civilian personnel. He also directs the Emergency Operations
Center during contingency operations.
Colonel Addison entered the Air Force in 1987 after graduating
from Texas A&M University. He has served at every level of
command: squadron, group, major command, Air Staff, and DoD,
and has commanded three engineer squadrons. Colonel Addison
has also served as deputy commander at the group level twice. In
his career as an engineer officer, he was a squadron operations
officer, readiness & training officer, contract management chief, and programmer. Colonel Addison’s
previous staff experience includes headquarters tours at the combatant command, the Air Staff,
Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, and a career broadening tour an instructor at the Air Force Officer
Training School. From 2002 to 2003, Colonel Addison commanded the 332d Expeditionary Civil
Engineer Squadron, Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during the conclusion of Operation Southern
Watch and the lodgement and decisive combat phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was a
distinguished graduate at Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 2009.
Colonel Addison is married to the former Betsy Dunks of College Station, Texas. They have two
children, Luke and Haley.
EDUCATION:
1987 Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
1992 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (Distinguished Graduate)
1995 Master of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio Texas
2002 Master of Operational Arts & Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2003 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (Correspondence)
2009 Master of Science, Resourcing National Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces,
National Defense University, Washington DC (Distinguished Graduate)
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. May 1988 - Nov 1988, Student / Industrial Engineer, 323d Flying Training Wing, Mather AFB, CA.
2. Nov 1988 – April 1992, Industrial Engineer, later Chief of SABER and Chief of Readiness, 366 th Civil
Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, ID.
3. April 1992 – April 1993, Instructor, Officer Training School, Lackland AFB, TX.
(Current as of May 2011)

4. April 1993 – May 1995, Chief of Civil Engineering, 6968 th Electronic Security Group, later Commander,
6968 th Alteration Installation Squadron (later reorganized as Civil Engineer Flight, 67 th Support Squadron),
Kelly AFB, TX.
5. May 1995 - May 1997, Chief, Engineer Readiness Inspections, Office of the Inspector General,
Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, HI.
6. May 1997 - May 1999, Chief, Military Construction Programs, later Chief, Housing Programs, Office of
the Civil Engineer, Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, HI.
7. May 1999 - June 2001, Commander, Operations Flight, 355 th Civil Engineer Squadron, Davis-Monthan
AFB, AZ.
8. June 2001 - July 2002, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL.
9. July 2002 - July 2003, Commander, 332d Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Ahmed Al Jaber Air
Base, Kuwait (permanent party).
10. July 2003 - Jun 2004, Real Property Maintenance Activity Program Analyst, Resources Division, Civil
Engineer Directorate, DCS/Installations and Logistics, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon,
Washington DC.
11. July 2004 - July 2005, Executive Officer, Asst DCS/Installations and Logistics, Headquarters United
States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC.
12. July 2005 - July 2007, Commander, 2d Civil Engineer Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA.
13. July 2007 - July 2008, Deputy Commander, 375th Mission Support Group, Scott AFB, IL.
14. July 2008 - July 2009, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University,
Washington DC.
15. July 2009 - July 2011, Deputy Director, Basing, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Installations
& Environmental), Pentagon, Washington DC.
16. July 2011 - Present, Commander, 10 th Mission Support Group, USAF Academy, CO.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Defense Superior Service Medal
Bronze Star Medal
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant 14 August 1987
First Lieutenant 14 August 1989
Captain 28 December 1991
Major 1 July 1999
Lieutenant Colonel 1 March 2004
Colonel 1 June 2009
(Current as of May 2011)