Profile
Brig Gen Gregory Gagnon is the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. As ACC’s senior intelligence officer, he advocates for intelligence policy and weapons system requirements to enable combat-ready air, space, cyber and intelligence forces to ensure rapid deployment and employment globally. The command provides conventional and information warfare forces to all unified commands ensuring air, space, cyber, and information superiority for warfighters and national decision-makers. Prior to this assignment, he served as the joint commander of the National Security Agency / Central Security Service in Texas.
General Gagnon was commissioned through ROTC from Saint Michael’s College in Winooski, Vermont. He is a career Intelligence Officer with an extensive background in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cyberspace operations. General Gagnon has commanded at the Squadron, Group and joint Wing levels with one combat command tour in Afghanistan. He is a fully-qualified Joint Staff Officer. His staff tours include Pacific Air Forces, Air Force Space Command, and US Strategic Command. General Gagnon has deployed on multiple occasions in support of joint air and special operations.
EDUCATION
1994 BA, Economics, Saint Michael’s College, Winooski, VT
1999 MS, Defense Analysis in Information Operations, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
2000 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
2006 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
2011 Masters in National Security Strategy, National War College, Washington DC
2016 Enterprise Perspective Seminar, Alan L. Freed Associates, Capitol Hill Club, Washington DC
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 1994 - July 1995, Student, Intel Training, 316th STS, Goodfellow AFB TX
2. August 1995 - August 1996, Assistant Chief of Targets, 8th OSS, Kunsan AB, ROK
3. August 1996 - May 1998, Mission Ops Commander (MOC), 13th Intelligence Squadron, Beale AFB, CA
4. June 1998 - December 1999, Student, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
5. January 2000 - March 2002, Instructor, AF Special Operations School, Hurlburt AFB, FL
6. March 2002 - December 2003, Staff Officer, HQ PACAF, Hickam AFB, HI
7. January 2004 - July 2005, Flight Commander, Intel Operations, & MOC, PACAF AIS, Hickam AFB, HI
8. July 2005 - June 2006, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
9. June 2006 - March 2008, Director of Operations, 607th AIS, Osan AB, ROK
10. March 2008 - July 2010, Commander, 94th Intelligence Squadron, Fort George G. Meade, MD
11. July 2010 - June 2011, Student, National War College, Fort McNair, Washington DC
12. August 2011 – July 2012, Commander, 495th Expeditionary Intelligence Squadron, Kandahar, AFG
13. August 2012 – July 2014, Division Chief, Analysis and Intelligence Plans, STRATJIOC, Offutt AFB, NE
14. July 2014 – July 2016, Commander, 67 Cyberspace Operations Group, JBSA-Lackland, TX
15. July 2016 – July 2018, Director, Commander’s Action Group, HQ AFSPC, Peterson AFB, CO
16. July 2018 – July 2019, Commander, National Security Agency in Texas, San Antonio, TX
17. July 2019 – Present, Director of Intelligence, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 2012 – July 2014, Division Chief, Analysis and Intelligence Plans, STRATJIOC, Offutt AFB, NE as a Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel
2. July 2018 – July 2019, Commander, National Security Agency in Texas, San Antonio, TX as a Colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Sessions