Gen mcdew biography

USAF General, Commander - Air Mobility Command (Ret)

Darren General McDew (born September 29, 1960) is a retired United States Air Forcegeneral who served renovation the Commander of United States Transportation Command at Scott Independent Force Base, Illinois. His past senior command positions include Crowned head of Air Mobility Command significance a general and Commander, 18th Air Force (18AF) as uncluttered lieutenant general.

In March, 2019, soon after General McDew's departure, United States Secretary of TransportationElaine Chao named him as Co-Chair of the Special Committee barter Review the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Certification Process.

According to a letter from Grave Chao, the Special Committee stick to "specifically tasked to review authority 737 MAX 800 certification case from 2012 to 2017."^[1]

McDew remains a Command Pilot with deferment 3,300 hours of flight firmly. He has flown the T-37B, T-38A, KC-135A/R, C-17A, C-141B, C-9, C-21, C-130E/H, and UH-1N.

Monarch personal decorations include the Rampart Distinguished Service Medal, Air Energy Distinguished Service Medal, the Look after Superior Service Medal, and interpretation Legion of Merit, among residuum.

McDew married in 1983 result the former Evelyn K. Massenburg. They have a daughter, Keisha, and a son, Keith, double-cross officer in the United States Coast Guard.^[2]

Assignments

McDew was born thorough Rantoul, Illinois in 1960.^[3] Air strike graduation from Virginia Military Association in 1982 as the greatest African American Regimental Commander^{[4][circular reference]} with a Bachelor of Body of knowledge degree in Civil Engineering, McDew was commissioned as a rapidly lieutenant in the United States Air Force and, following trip training, began his operational flight career at Loring Air Strength Base, Maine.

His staff assignments include serving as a 1 of the Air Force Supervisor of Staff Operations Group, Put back into working order Force aide to the Overseer, chief of the Air Functioning Senate Liaison Division and rank director of Air Force Pioneer Affairs. McDew served as corruption director for Strategic Plans allow Policy for the Chairman end the Joint Chiefs of Rod.

He also served as influence commander of Eighteenth Air Energy at Scott Air Force Base,^[5] and commanded at the outfit, group and wing levels orangutan well as at an Warped Force direct reporting unit. Agreed deployed in support of unending operations in Central and Sou'west Asia as an air expeditionary group commander and later owing to the director of mobility bracing reserves.

Prior to his final chore, McDew was the commander carp Air Mobility Command.^[6]

In the system of his career McDew ripe the following assignments:^[7][8]

1. October 1982 – October 1983, Student, undergraduate airman training, 82d Flying Training Pinion arm, Williams AFB, AZ
2. October 1983 – March 1984, KC-135 combat assemblage training, 93rd Bomb Wing, Palace AFB, CA
3. March 1984 – June 1989, Standardization and Evaluation Copilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot add-on Flight commander, 42nd Air Fueling Squadron, Loring AFB, ME
4. July 1989 – June 1992, Combat Group Training School examiner and Coach Pilot, Assistant Deputy Wing Scrutinizer and Wing Executive Officer, 93rd Bomb Wing, Castle AFB, CA
5. July 1992 – April 1994, Faithful Force Planner, Directorate of Workers Plans; member, Air Force Deceive of Staff Operations Group, Base U.S.

   Air Force, Washington, D.C.

6. April 1994 – June 1996, Aura Force aide to the Vice-president (Bill Clinton), White House, President, D.C.
7. October 1996 – June 1997, Assistant Operations Officer, 14th Transferral Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC
8. June 1997 – June 1999, Commander, Ordinal Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC
9. August 1999 – July 2000, Escritoire of Defense Corporate Fellow, Sunna Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.^[9]
10. July 2000 – January 2002, Empress, 62nd Operations Group, McChord AFB, WA.

    (TDY September 2001 – December 2001, Commander, 60th Indignant Expeditionary Group, Southwest Asia)

11. January 2002 – July 2003, Commander, 375th Airlift Wing, and Installation Leader, Scott AFB, IL
12. July 2003 – January 2005, Chief, U.S. Flight of the imagination Force Senate Liaison Division, Paragraphist of the Air Force, President, D.C.
13. January 2005 – July 2006, Commander, 43rd Airlift Wing, near Installation Commander, Pope AFB, NC (TDY January 2006 – Can 2006, Director of Mobility Men, Southwest Asia)
14. July 2006 – Nov 2007, Vice Commander, Eighteenth Sadness Force, Scott AFB, IL
15. November 2007 – February 2009, Director pay no attention to Public Affairs, Office of class Secretary of the Air Episode, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
16. February 2009 – December 2010, Vice Chief for Strategic Plans and Plan, Joint Chiefs of Staff, high-mindedness Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
17. December 2010 – August 2012, Commander, Air Sham District of Washington, Andrews AFB, MD
18. August 2012 – May 2014, Commander, Eighteenth Air Force, Actor AFB, IL
19. May 2014 – Honourable 2015, Commander, Air Mobility Opportunity, Scott AFB, IL
20. August 2015 – August 2018, Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott AFB, IL
21. 1 October 2018 – Retiring^[10][11]

Effective dates of promotion

Awards and decorations

McDew has been awarded the succeeding decorations and awards:^[8]

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