Colonel John C. Culpepper
 Colonel
John C. Culpepper is commander of the 1st Logistics Group, Langley Air
Force Base, Va. As commander he is responsible for more than 1,500
personnel and 6 squadrons of America’s First Team. He directs aircraft
maintenance, transportation, supply, contracting and logistics plans
actions to support the 1st Fighter Wing’s F-15 air superiority mission, as
well as Headquarters Air Combat Command and associate units. Colonel
Culpepper was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps
program at Texas A&M University in 1975. He has commanded three supply
squadrons and held a variety of logistics positions at squadron, group,
and major command levels. He was designated as the Air Force Outstanding
Company Grade Supply Officer in 1986 and two of his supply squadrons won
major command Supply Effectiveness Daedalian Awards.
He was also a leader in a maintenance organization that was recognized
as the Air Force Maintenance Daedalian Award and Secretary of Defense
Maintenance Award winner in 1995.
EDUCATION
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1975
Bachelor degree in business administration, Marketing, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas. |
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1978
Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama |
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1982
Master’s of Business Administration, Management, St. Mary’s University,
San Antonio, Texas. |
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1985 Air
Command and Staff College (by correspondence) |
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1988 Armed
Forces Staff College, Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia |
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1993 Air War
College (by seminar) |
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1996 Master
of Science degree in National Resources Strategy, Industrial College of
the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, D.C. |
ASSIGNMENTS
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September
1975 – September 1977, Equipment Management Officer and Maintenance
Support Officer, 78th Supply Squadron, Webb Air Force Base, Texas.
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October 1977
- September 1979, Logistics Support Officer, 765th Radar Squadron,
Charleston Air Force Station, Maine.
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September
1979 - August 1983, Flight Commander and Chief, Material and Equipment
Services, U.S. Air Force Officer Training School, Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas.
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September
1983 - July 1984, Management and Procedures Officer, 39th Supply
Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
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August 1984
- May 1986, Chief, Supply Operations Division, Headquarters, Electronic
Security Command, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.
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June 1986 -
July 1987, Chief of Supply/Commander, 6965th Supply Squadron, Kelly Air
Force Base, Texas.
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August 1987
- January 1988, Student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk Naval Air
Station, Virginia
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March 1988 -
June 1991, Materiel Support Staff Officer, NATO Airborne Early Warning
Force Command, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, Belgium.
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June 1991 -
June 1993, Chief of Supply/Commander, 351st Supply Squadron, Whiteman
Air Force Base, Missouri
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June 1993 -
July 1995, Chief of Supply/Commander 325th Supply Squadron and Deputy
Commander, 325th Logistics Group, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
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August 1995
- June 1996, Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort
McNair, D.C.
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June 1996 -
May 1998, Chief, Weapons Systems Readiness Branch, U.S. Strategic
Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
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May 1998 -
Present, Commander, 1st Logistics Group, Langley Air Force Base,
Virginia
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf
cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
| Second Lieutenant |
1 September 1975 |
| First Lieutenant |
1 September 1977 |
| Captain |
1 September 1979 |
| Major |
1 December 1986 |
| Lieutenant Colonel |
1 January 1992 |
| Colonel |
1 May 1998 |
(Current as of November 1999)
1st Fighter Wing, Office of Public Affairs,
Langley Air Force Base, VA 23665-2292 757-764-2018, DSN 574-2018
Culpepper Ancestry.
John's ancestry is not known by Culpepper
Connections.
Last Revised:
08 Feb 2005
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