Lieutenant General Robert R. Allardice (born c. 1958) is a retired United States Air Force officer who last served as the vice commander of

Air Mobility Command Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri. Air Mobility Command was established on 1 June 1992, and was formed from elements ...

from September 2011 to September 2013. Prior to that, he served as the commanding general of

18th Air Force Eighteenth Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) (18 AF) is the only Numbered Air Force (NAF) in Air Mobility Command (AMC) and one of the largest NAFs in the United States Air Force. 18 AF was activated on 28 March 1951, inactivated on 1 Janu ...

from August 2009 to September 2011. Allardice entered the Air Force in 1980 as a graduate of the

U.S. Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and Unit ...

, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering. He has commanded at the squadron, group, wing, and numbered air force level. Allardice is a command pilot with more than 5,000 hours in the C-141, C-5,

C-17 The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two ...

, KC-135 and C-21.

Education

*1980 Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering,

, Colorado Springs, Colorado *1985 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama *1987 Master's degree in systems management, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California *1993 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama *1998 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama *2003 Senior Executive Fellowship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts *2006 Program for Senior Managers in Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Military assignments

* September 1980 – August 1981, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Arizona * September 1981 – September 1986, instructor pilot and flight examiner,

86th Military Airlift Squadron The 86th Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, where it was inactivated on 1 November 1993. History World War II The group was ...

, Travis AFB, California * October 1986 – September 1987, Air Staff Training officer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. * October 1987 – August 1990, instructor pilot and flight examiner, 57th Military Airlift Squadron, Altus AFB, Oklahoma * September 1990 – July 1992, joint training and operations officer, director of operations, Headquarters

U.S. European Command The United States European Command (EUCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States military, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its area of focus covers and 51 countries and territories, including Europe, Russia ...

, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany * August 1992 – June 1993, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama * July 1993 – September 1993, student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia * October 1993 – June 1997, chief of safety,

436th Airlift Wing The 436th Airlift Wing is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force, and is based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Known as the "Eagle Wing", the 436th consists of the operations, ...

, and commander of 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware * July 1997 – May 1998, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama * June 1998 – October 1998, chief of War and Mobilization Plans Division, Directorate of Operations and Training, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. * October 1998 – May 2000, chief of Expeditionary Air Force Implementation Division, Directorate of EAF Implementation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. * May 2000 – June 2002, commander of

437th Operations Group The 437th Operations Group (437 OG) is an active United States Air Force unit. It is the flying component of the Eighteenth Air Force 437th Airlift Wing, stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. The unit's World War II predeces ...

Charleston AFB Charleston Air Force Base is a United States military facility located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force's 628th Air Base Wing (628 ABW), a subordinate element ...

, South Carolina * June 2002 – June 2004, commander of

62nd Airlift Wing The 62nd Airlift Wing, sometimes written as 62d Airlift Wing, (62 AW) is a wing of the United States Air Force stationed at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington. It is assigned to the Eighteenth Air Force of Air Mobility Command and is active ...

McChord AFB McChord Field is a United States Air Force base in the northwest United States, in Pierce County, Washington. South of Tacoma, McChord Field is the home of the 62d Airlift Wing, Air Mobility Command, the field's primary mission being worldwi ...

, Washington * June 2004 – October 2005, director of personnel, Headquarters

Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and the former Air Force Systems Com ...

Wright-Patterson AFB Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wri ...

, Ohio * October 2005 – March 2007, director of airman development and sustainment, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. * March 2007 – March 2008, commander of Coalition Air Force Transition Team, Baghdad, Iraq * April 2008 – July 2009, director for strategy, plans and policy, Headquarters

U.S. Central Command The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Tas ...

, MacDill AFB, Florida * August 2009 – September 2011, commander of

, Scott AFB, Illinois * September 2011 – present, vice commander of Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois

Effective dates of promotion

Post-military career

Allardice is employed as a senior mentor for the Joint Staff, J7, in support of Combatant Command and Joint Task Force Operations and Exercises. He also serves as a Senior Fellow in support of the National Defense University’s Pinnacle, Capstone, and Keystone programs, which are designed to train newly selected generals and admirals to be more effective in joint and multinational operations. Allardice is also a member of the Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies’ National Research Council, “Opportunities for the Employment of Simulation in U.S. Air Force Training Environments.” Allardice founded Allardice™ Enterprises, Inc., in 2013 after serving in the United States Air Force for over 33 years.

References

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