Patrick Peter Caruana

Background

Caruana, Patrick Peter was born on November 11, 1939 in St. Louis.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, 1963. Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala, 1968. Master of Science in Mathematics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1972.

Graduate, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1977. Graduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, 1984.

Career

Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1963, advanced through grades to lieutenant general, 1994. C-119 crew chief United States Air Force Reserve, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1957—1959. K-135 co-pilot, then aircraft Commander 916th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, 1965—1969.

Pilot, senior command post controller 315th Tactical Airlift Wing, Phang Ranf Air Force Base, South Vietnam, 1970. Assistant professor mathematics United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1972—1976. Aircraft Commander then squadron operations officer 920th Air Refueling Squadron, Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Michigan, 1977—1980.

Commander 11th Air Refueling Squadron, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1980-1982. Chief applications division tanker directorate, deputy chief of staff for operations Strategic Air Command (SAC), Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 1982-1983. Vice commander 376th Strategic Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, 1984—1985, Commander Japan, 1985—1986, 384th Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, 1986-1987.

Deputy director strategic, special operational forces & airlift programs United States Air Force, Washington, 1987-1989. Commander 42d Air Division, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, 1989—1990, 1991. Director strategic forces, United States Central Air Forces, Commander 17th Air Division (Provisional) Operation Desert Storm, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1990-1991.

Deputy chief of staff for operations Strategic Air Command (SAC), Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 1991—1992. Director long range power projections United States Air Force, Washington, 1993-1994, director special operations forces airlift & training programs, 1993-1994. Commander 14th Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1994.

Vice Commander Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, 1994—1997. Vice president, program manager TRW Space & Electronics, 1999—2002. Vice president Northrop Grumman Space Technology, 2002—2005.

Vice chairman Focus on the Family, 2006—2009, chairman, since 2009. Board directors Focus on the Family, since 1996, Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc., since 2006.

Achievements

• Patrick Peter Caruana has been listed as a noteworthy Career officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive director Chamber of Commerce, Wichita, 1986, Grand Forks, 1990. Member Air Force Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Air Force Sgts. Association, Association of Graduates United States Air Force Academy, Phi Mu Epsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, flying, researching Bible topics, reading.