Colonel MARK C. DMYTRYSZYN

Colonel Mark C. Dmytryszyn is the commander of the 2d Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. He is responsible for providing combat-ready B-52H aircraft, crews, and associated combat support to conduct global operational taskings. As Barksdale’s installation commander, he supports 32 tenant units, including Headquarters, Air Force Global Strike Command; Headquarters, 8th Air Force; and the Air Force Reserve Command’s 307th Bomb Wing. He promotes the welfare of more than 11,400 military and civilian personnel, 6,300 family members, and 25,000 retirees.

Colonel Dmytryszyn was commissioned in 1999 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. His staff assignments included serving as a Joint Staff operations officer providing expertise on nuclear and conventional global strike issues, policy matters, and plans development; Pacific Air Forces’ Chief of Strategy and Plans, developing Agile Combat Employment (ACE) and shaping multi-domain operations for the largest geographic combatant command; and Ninth Air Force’s Chief of Staff where he developed the Air Force’s Joint Task Force-capable core headquarters. His education offered experiences with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Colonel Dmytryszyn’s command assignment was as Commander, 5th Operations Support Squadron, Minot AFB.

Colonel Dmytryszyn is an outstanding graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, a graduate of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and a distinguished graduate of the Army War College. He is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours including combat in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM. His previous assignment was deployed to Iraq, Kuwait, and Syria.

EDUCATION

  • 1999 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • 1999 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • 2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2008 Air Command and Staff College, Correspondence
  • 2009 Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • 2011 Air Force Fellows Strategic Policy Intern
  • 2012 Master of Philosophy Degree in Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  • 2012 Air War College, Correspondence
  • 2017 Master of Strategic Studies Degree, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Penn.
  • 2019 Middle East and South Asia Political-Economic Conflict Seminar, Washington, D.C.
  • 2020 Space Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Certificate, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
  • 2020 Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferation Certificate, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio
  • 2021 Nuclear 400 - Senior Leader Nuclear Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ohio
  • 2021 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill, N.C.

ASSIGNMENTS

  1. August 1999 - December 1999, Airfield Operations Officer, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
  2. January 2000 - January 2001, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Mo.
  3. March 2001 - September 2001, Student, B-52 Formal Training Unit, Barksdale AFB, La.
  4. October 2001 - April 2007, Pilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot and Executive Officer (5th Operations Group), 23rd Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
  5. May 2007 - June 2010, Weapons School Instructor and Evaluator Pilot, 340th Weapons Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA and USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
  6. July 2010 - June 2011, Strategic Policy Intern, Air Force Fellows Program, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  7. July 2011 - June 2012, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
  8. July 2012 - June 2014, Operations Officer, Operations Directorate (J-3), Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  9. July 2014 - December 2014, Director of Operations, 69th Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
  10. December 2014 - June 2016, Commander, 5th Operations Support Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
  11. July 2016 - June 2017, Student, Advanced Strategic Arts Program, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
  12. July 2017 - July 2018, Chief of Strategy and Plans Division, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
  13. August 2018 - June 2019, Chief of Staff, Ninth Air Force, Shaw AFB, S.C.
  14. July 2019 - June 2020, Deputy Commander-Support, CJTF-OIR’s Task Force-Air and Vice Commander, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, Union III, Baghdad, Iraq
  15. July 2020 - Present, Commander, 2d Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La.

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

  1. July 2012 - June 2014, Operations Officer, Operations Directorate (J-3), Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington D.C., as a Maj and Lt Col

  2. July 2019 - June 2020, Deputy Commander-Support, CJTF-OIR’s Task Force-Air, as a Colonel

FLIGHT INFORMATION

Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 3,000 (more than 400 combat hours)
Aircraft flown: B-52H, T-37, T-38A; minor time in other airframes including E-8, EA-6B, F-16D, TAV-8B

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS

  • Legion of Merit
  • Bronze Star Medal
  • Defense Meritorious Service Medal
  • Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
  • Air Medal with valor device and oak leaf cluster
  • Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
  • Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
  • Air Force Achievement Medal
  • Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Afghanistan Campaign Medal with bronze star
  • Iraq Campaign Medal with two bronze stars
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  • Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with ‘N’ device

PUBLICATIONS

“Lasers for Satellite Uplinks and Downlinks,” with Matthew Crook and Timothy Sands., Sci, Volume 2, Issue 1 (https://doi.org/10.3390/sci2010016), March 2020; Ver. 4 (Revised) January 2021 (https://doi.org/10.3390/sci3010004).

“Distant Blocking of Celestial Lines of Communications Using Electromagnetic Pulse,” with Matthew Crook and Timothy Sands., Applied Physics Research, Volume 12, Number 4 (https://doi.org/10.5539/apr.v12n4p92), 2020.

(Current as of March 2021)