![]() August 1991 ‒ May 1992, F-15C Pilot, 8th and 9th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, Holloman AFB, N.M.ĥ. March 1991 ‒ August 1991, Student, F-15 Replacement Training, Tyndall AFB, Fla.Ĥ. ![]() November 1990 ‒ March 1991, Student, AT-38 Lead-in Fighter Training, Holloman AFB, N.M.ģ. ![]() October 1989 ‒ November 1990, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Sheppard Air Force Base, TexasĢ. Hecker was Commander and President, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.ġ. Prior to his current assignment, General James B. He has flown combat missions in operations Southern Watch, Allied Force, Resolute Support and Freedom's Sentinel. General Hecker is a command pilot with more than 3,600 hours flying various aircraft including the F-15C Eagle, F-22 Raptor, MQ-1B Predator, HH-60 Pave Hawk, C-208 Caravan and the T-38C Talon. The general served as Vice Director of Operations, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. He has commanded at the squadron, group, wing and numbered Air Force levels. He was both a graduate and instructor at the U.S. General Hecker was commissioned in the Air Force in 1989 after graduating from the U.S. This area also includes 104 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the Arctic, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, possesses more than a quarter of the world's population, and generates more than a quarter of the world's gross domestic product. airpower across more than 19 million square miles. Furthermore, in the event of a joint NATO operation he is the responsible commander of the Air Component. His command ensures the preservation of Alliance territorial integrity from Northern Norway to Southern Italy and from the Azores to Eastern Türkiye, including every European NATO nation. ![]() In his capacity as Commander, Allied Air Command, General Hecker is responsible to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe for the Air and Missile Defence of NATO Alliance member nations during peacetime operations. Hecker is Commander, Allied Air Command headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany and Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre at Kalkar, Germany.
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