Kelly has commanded a fighter squadron, two fighter wings, an expeditionary wing and two Numbered Air Forces. He earned his pilot wings at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. Kelly entered the Air Force in 1986, receiving his commission from the Air Force ROTC program at Southwest Texas State University. The command also stands ready to assist national agencies with intelligence, surveillance and crisis response capabilities. 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. 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 operates more than 1,000 aircraft, 35 wings, 12 bases, and 1,336 units at more than 242 operating locations worldwide with 156,739 total force military and civilian personnel. As the commander, he is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready air, space, cyber and intelligence 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.
Kelly is the Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
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