BRIGADIER GENERAL DONALD L. MCCORMACK
Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Maine National Guard
Brigadier General Donald L. McCormack is Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Maine National Guard, Maine Joint Force Headquarters. General McCormack serves as a principal advisor to the Governor and The Adjutant General on a broad range of matters concerning the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard. He is responsible for the operations of plans and programs affecting more than 1,100 Maine Air National Guard personnel located in Augusta, Bangor and South Portland, Maine. His broad range of responsibilities includes ensuring combat readiness and mission capability of a tanker wing and two geographically separated mission support units. He also coordinates with the Army National Guard senior leadership on joint programs and activities within the state. He assumed this position April 25, 2011.
General McCormack graduated and was commissioned from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980. He flew search and rescue helicopters credited with saving 18 lives before being assigned to fly presidential support helicopters from Andrews Air Force Base. He served as the Manufacturing Manager responsible for production decisions on the AC-130U gunship and the CV-22A Osprey before joining the Maine Air National Guard. General McCormack served as a Combat Communications Squadron Commander, Director of Staff and Chief of Staff for the Maine National Guard Joint Staff prior to his current position.
EDUCATION:
1980 United States Air Force Academy, Bachelor of Science, Engineering Mechanics, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1983 Gonzaga University, Master of Business Administration, Spokane, Washington
1998 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. July 1980 - July 1981, Student, Undergraduate Helicopter Pilot Training, Fort Rucker, Alabama
2. August 1981 - March 1984, Aircraft Commander, UH-1N, Detachment 24, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
3. March 1984 - August 1984, Instructor Pilot, UH-1N, Detachment 24, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington
4. September 1984 - October 1984, Student, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
5. October 1984 - October 1985, Pilot, UH-1N, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
6. October 1985 - December 1985, Aircraft Commander, UH-1N, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
7. December 1985 - July 1986, Instructor Pilot, UH-1N, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
8. July 1986 - June 1987, Flight Examiner, UH-1N, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
9. June 1987 - August 1987, Flight Examiner Aircraft Commander, UH-1N, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
10. September 1987 - July 1988, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Education with Industry Program, Manufacturing Management at IBM Corporation, Owego, New York
11. July 1988 - September 1990, Manufacturing Manager, Aeronautical Systems Division, Special Operations Program Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
12. September 1990 - October 1991, Inactive Ready Reserves, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Denver, Colorado
13. October 1991 - November 1994, Chief of Operations, 265th Combat Communications Squadron, South Portland, Maine
14. November 1994 - November 1998, Commander, 265th Combat Communications Squadron, South Portland, Maine
15. November 1998 - June 2002, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Maine Air National Guard, Augusta, Maine
16. June 2002 - April 2005, Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Maine Air National Guard, Augusta, Maine
17. April 2005 - April 2011, Director of Support, Joint Force Headquarters, Maine Air National Guard, Augusta, Maine
18. April 2011 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Maine National Guard, Maine Joint Force Headquarters, Augusta, Maine
FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Rating: Senior Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 2,500
Aircraft flown: CH-3E, T-41, UH-1H, UH-1N
Pilot wings from: Fort Rucker, Alabama
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Army Commendation medal
Air Force Achievement Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with 4 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Service Star)
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
Air Force Longevity Service (with 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air Force Training Ribbon
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:
Air Force Association
National Guard Association of the United States
National Guard Association of Maine, Past President
Air Force Academy Association of Graduates
Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
American Legion Post 148, Past Commander
Windham, Maine Veterans Association, Past President
Military Order of the World Wars
Maine Military Historical Society
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant 28 May 1980
First Lieutenant 28 May 1982
Captain 28 May 1984
Major 19 November 1992
Lieutenant Colonel 3 April 1997
Colonel 30 March 2001
Brigadier General 29 April 2011
(Current as of February 2012)