Team BLAZE welcomes Col. Samuel Milam as the graduation speaker for Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 16-15.
Milam is the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Operations, and Nuclear Integration for Flying Training, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. He is responsible for developing policies and programming resources for aircrew training programs. These include undergraduate flying, post-graduate combat crew, and supplemental training for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Reserve and guard personnel, international partners, and Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training. Along with formulating training policy, he maintains the ability to respond to peacetime contingencies and expeditionary requirements, and to execute AETC command and control in peace and war.
Born in Opelika, Alabama, Milam earned a commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989. He has commanded at squadron, group and wing levels; and his experience includes a joint tour at Joint Special Operations Command as well as a tour as an A-10 instructor at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School.
Milam has flown the A-10A and A-10C aircraft his entire career. A command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours, he has more than 650 combat hours on more than 190 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Milam is a 1985 graduate of Quitman High School and is the son of Dr. John Milam and Sue Sexton.
Prior to his current position, Milam was the Inspector General, Air Education and Training Command.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1989 - July 1990, Assistant to Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
2. August 1990 - September 1991, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
3. October 1991 - December 1992, Executive Officer, 50th Flying Training Squadron, Columbus AFB, Miss.
4. December 1992 - May 1993, Student, A-10 Training, Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz.
5. June 1993, Student, Air Ground Operations School, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
6. July 1993 - October 1994, A-10 Pilot, 354th Fighter Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash.
7. December 1994 - December 1997, A-10 Instructor Pilot, Wing Weapons Officer, 70th Fighter Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga.
8. January 1998 - June 1998, Student, A-10 Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev.
9. July 1998 - July 2000, Weapons Officer, 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan AB, South Korea
10. July 2000 - June 2002, A-10 Weapons Instructor Course Instructor, 66th Weapon Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
11. June 2002 - June 2003, Director of Operations, 57th Weapons Support Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nev.
12. July 2003 - June 2004, Student, Air
Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
13. July 2004 - May 2006, Chief, Close Air Support Division, Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
14. May 2006 - July 2007, Director of Operations, 358th Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
15. July 2007 - April 2009, Commander, 75th Fighter Squadron, Moody AFB, Ga.
16. July 2009 - June 2010, Student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
17. September 2010 - July 2012, Commander, 355th Operations Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
18. July 2012 - July 2014, Commander, 93d Air Ground Operations Wing, Moody AFB, Ga.
19. July 2014 - October 2014, Inspector General, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, JBSA-Randolph, Texas.
20. October 2014 - present, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Operations, and Nuclear Integration for Flying Training, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, JBSA- Randolph, Texas.
