
LIEUTENANT COLONEL Timothy L. Hewitt
SQUADRON COMMANDER
Lt. Col. Timothy L. Hewitt is the Commander, 15th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Stewart, Georgia. He is responsible for organizing, training, equipping, and employing Tactical Air Control Party, Intelligence, Special Warfare Mission Support, and civilian specialists for joint operations worldwide. The unit is aligned with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and provides strike, integration, and command and control of joint fires. He is also the principle advisor to the Division’s Commanding General on airpower employment.
Lt. Col. Hewitt entered the Air Force in 2006 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Cincinnati. He has served as an Air Battle Manager at the Squadron, Wing, and NATO Staff levels, and as a Tactical Air Control Party Officer at the Brigade, Division, and Corps
levels. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Tactical Data Link Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Lt. Col. Hewitt is a Senior Air Battle Manager with more than 1,800 flying hours, including over 900 combat hours in direct support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, NEW DAWN, and INHERENT RESOLVE. As a Tactical Air Control Party Officer, he has conducted ground combat in direct support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, and supported Operation EUROPEAN ASSURE, DETER, AND REINFORCE from Germany.
EDUCATION
2006 Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), Ala.
2010 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Master of Aeronautical Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2013 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2017 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2020 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2020 Leader Development Course for Squadron Command, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2021 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2023 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. January 2007 – December 2007, Undergraduate Air Battle Manager Training, 325th Air Control Squadron, Tyndall AFB, Fla.
2. December 2007 – June 2013, E-3 Air Weapons Officer and Air Surveillance Officer, 965th and 963rd Airborne Air Control
Squadrons; E-3 Formal Training Unit Instructor and Flight Commander, 552nd Training Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla.
3. June 2013 – June 2016, Flight Commander and Executive Officer, 13th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Carson, Colo.
(March 2014 – October 2014, Brigade Air Liaison Officer, 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Afghanistan)
4. June 2016 – July 2019, Assistant Director of Operations, Flying Squadron 2; Deputy Chief, Commander’s Action Group,
Headquarters NATO Early Warning and Control Force; Wing Executive Officer and Chief, Commander’s Action Group,
Headquarters E-3A Component, Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base (NAB), Germany
5. July 2019 – June 2020, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. June 2020 – October 2022, Director of Operations, 818th Operations Support Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, N.C. (February
2022 – July 2022, Deputy Director, Joint Air Component Coordination Element, TF Dragon, Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, Germany)
7. October 2022 – August 2024, Tactical Data Link Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency, Ft. Meade, Md.
8. September 2024 – Present, Commander, 15th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Stewart, Ga.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. October 2022 – August 2024, Tactical Data Link Program Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency, Ft. Meade, Md., as a lieutenant colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Senior Air Battle Manager
Flight hours: More than 1,800 including more than 900 combat hours
Aircraft flown: E-3A/B/C
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air and Space Achievement Medal
OCCUPATIONAL BADGES
Senior Air Battle Manager
U.S Army Parachutist
Weapons Director
Belgian Parachutist
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant December 2, 2006
First Lieutenant December 18, 2008
Captain December 18, 2010
Major December 1, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel January 1, 2021
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT THOMAS E. JENN
Senior Enlisted Leader