Kenneth S. Wilsbach Born 2 April 1965 is a Brigadier General in the United States. Air Force.
Education
1985 Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast communication,, Gainesville
1990 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
1992 United States Air Force Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
1997 Master of Aerospace Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
1998 Master of Science degree in national securities and strategic studies, Naval Command and Staff
College, Newport, Rhode Island
2003 Master of Arts degree in national security strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley
J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
2006 Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, North Carolina
2007 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2008 Program for Senior Executive Fellows, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2010 Joint Forces Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
2011 CAPSTONE Executive Development Course, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, District of Columbia
2013 Coalition Forces Land Component Commander Course, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
2014 End mission at Afghanistan.
2015 Presently in Iraq for special duty with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Career
He is the Commander of the 18th Wing at the Kadena Air Base, Japan. Wilsbach was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General on August 17, 2009. Major General He oversees three air expeditionary air wings and three expeditionary groups consisting of more than 6,900 Airmen directly engaged in combat operations.
And he advises and assists with joint expeditionary tasked/individual augmentee taskings in the Iraq combined joint operating area.
Additionally, the general serves as the Central Command Combined Forces Air Component Commander"s personal representative to the Commander of Headquarters ISAF as well as the Commander-Air to the Commander United States. ForcesIraq, ensuring the optimal integration of air and space power in support of Headquarters ISAF and Operation Enduring Freedom missions. Prior to this position he served as Director of Operations for Pacific Air Forces which is located at the Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii.
From 2006 through 2008 he served as Commander of the 53rd Wing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. General Wilsbach was commissioned in 1985 as a distinguished graduate of the University of Florida"s Reserve Officers Training Corps program
He earned his pilot wings in 1986 as a distinguished graduate from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.
The general has commanded a fighter squadron, an operations group and two wings. General Wilsbach is a command pilot with more than 3,800 hours in multiple aircraft, primarily in the F-15C, and he flew 31 combat missions in operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch. 1985 Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast communication, University of Florida, Gainesville J.
