Background
Sandstrom, James E. was born on April 1, 1949 in Minnesota, United States.
Sandstrom, James E. was born on April 1, 1949 in Minnesota, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, 1971. Master in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, Würzburg. Lafayette, Indiana, 1972.
Attended, Squadron Officer School. Graduate, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1983. Graduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington District of Columbia, 1988.
Postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1997. Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1997.
Commissioned 2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, 1971, student, undergraduate pilot training Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1972—1973, student, F-4 pilot training, 20th Tactical Fighter Squadron George Air Force Base, California, 1973, F-4 pilot and weapons officer, 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 1974—1975, weapons officerand OV-10 flight Commander, 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 1975—1976, F-104 fighter weapons instructor and weapons officer, 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 1976—1980, F-16 weapons officer and flight Commander, 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 1980—1982, project officer, tactics and test directorate, later, chief of standardization and evaluation, 57th fighter weapons wing Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 1983—1985, Commander, 430th Tactial Fighter Squadron, 1985—1987, chief current operations (J31) Headquarters United States Pacific Command Camp Her Majesty Smith, Hawaii, 1988-1990, deputy Commander for operations Tactical Training Wing Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, 1990-1991, director Fighter Training and Tactical Headquarters Tactical Air Command Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 1991-1992, Commander 388th Fighter Wing Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 1992-1994, Commander 23rd Wing Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1994-1995, Commander 4404th Composite Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1994-1996, deputy for theater air defense, deputy chief plans and operations headquarters Washington, 1996-1997, director command and control task force, deputy chief staff, 1997, deputy director command and control, deputy chief of staff, 1997, director command and control, deputy chief of staff air & space, 1997-1998, principal assistant deputy undersecretary Air Force for International Affairs, Pentagon, 1998, Commander, 19th Air Force Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, 2002—2004, retired, 2004. Director operations United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, 1998—2001, chief of staff, Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001—2002. Special assistant to Commander Air Education anf Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, 2001—2002.
Married Jeannie; children: Bret, Kelly.