Upon graduation from Virginia Military Institute in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, McDew was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. In the course of his career he has completed the following assignments:.
He previously was the Air Mobility Command and Eighteenth Air Force Commander. McDew is a Command Pilot with over 3,300 hours of flight time. He has flown the T-37B, T-38A, KC-135A/R, C-17A, C-141B, C-9, C-21, C-130E/H, and UH-1N.
October 1982 - October 1983, Student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams Air Force Base, Arizona
March 1984 - June 1989, Standardization and Evaluation Copilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot and Flight commander, 42nd Air Refueling Squadron, Loring Air Force Base, Maine
July 1989 - June 1992, Combat Crew Training School examiner and Instructor Pilot, Assistant Deputy Wing Inspector and Wing Executive Officer, 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle Air Force Base, California
April 1994 - June 1996, Air Force aide to the President, White House, Washington, District of Columbia October 1996 - June 1997, Assistant Operations Officer, 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (U.S.) June 1997 - June 1999, Commander, 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina (U.S.) August 1999 - July 2000, Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow, Sun Microsystems Incorporated., Palo Alto, California July 2000 - January 2002, Commander, 62nd Operations Group, McChord Air Force Base, Washington
(September 2001 - December 2001, Commander, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Southwest Asia)
January 2002 - July 2003, Commander, 375th Airlift Wing, and Installation Commander, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. July 2003 - January 2005, Chief, United States. Air Force Senate Liaison Division, Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, District of Columbia January 2005 - July 2006, Commander, 43rd Airlift Wing, and Installation Commander, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina (January 2006 - May 2006, Director of Mobility Forces, Southwest Asia)
July 2006 - November 2007, Vice Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
November 2007 - February 2009, Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia February 2009 - December 2010, Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia December 2010 - August 2012, Commander, Air Force District of Washington, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (U.S.)
August 2012 - May 2014, Commander, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. May 2014 – August 2015, Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. August 2015 – present, Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Second Lieutenant May 15, 1982
First Lieutenant May 15, 1984
Captain July 13, 1986
Major March 1, 1994
Lieutenant Colonel January 1, 1997
Colonel April, 2000
Brigadier General September 2, 2006
Major General December 9, 2008
Lieutenant General August 6, 2012
General May 5, 2014
General McDew has been awarded the following decorations and awards:.
