Last updated: 25 March 2004
Posted on: 11 Jan 1997
COLONEL CHARLES P. WILSON II
Colonel Chuck Wilson is the Director of the Office of International Security
Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and the Senior U.S. Military
Representative to the Department of State, Washington D.C. In this position,
Colonel Wilson is the Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State,
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, and responsible
to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. His organization
is the principal link between the Departments of State and Defense regarding
operational military matters. Colonel Wilson’s office champions the diplomatic
actions to acquire political approval, from foreign governments, to get access,
basing, overflight, and operating rights for US and Coalition forces overseas.
He is also the Special Negotiator regarding US forces on British Overseas Territories.
Additionally, his office is responsible for managing the consequences of foreign
nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological events. The colonel was born
in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University in 1977. He earned
his pilot wings at Reese AFB, Texas in 1982 and is a Command Pilot with over
2,800 hours in the T-37, T-38, KC-135A/Q, TR-1 and U-2 aircraft. Colonel Wilson
has commanded high flying U-2 Squadrons in both Saudi Arabia and South Korea
and has led or served on many operational deployments in Europe, the Pacific,
and Southwest Asia. In his last assignment, he was the Commander of the Air
Force Command & Control Training and Innovation Group (AFC2TIG), which is
now the 505th Command and Control Wing, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Additionally, Colonel Wilson previously served in key positions within the Office
of the Secretary of Defense and in the Pentagon’s Joint Staff Operations
Directorate (J-3), where he handled reconnaissance issues for the chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Blackbird Related Career Highlights:
-- July 1982- July 1986, KC135Q Copilot, KC135Q Aircraft Commander, Beale Air
Force Base, California.
-- July 1986-June 1989, U2/TRl Flight Commander, Instructor Pilot, Aircraft
Commander, Beale Air Force Base, California.
-- September 1993-June 1995, Director U2 Operations, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron,
9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Deployed to Saudi Arabia
as Commander of the 4402 Reconnaissance Squadron (Provisional), October 1993-February
1994.
-- June 1995-July 1996, Commander, 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, Osan Air Base,
South Korea.
-- July 1997-July 1998, Director, Manned Reconnaissance Division, Defense Airborne
Reconnaissance Office, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, The Pentagon,
Washington D.C.
-- Aug 1998-May 1999, Deputy Director for Airborne Intelligence Surveillance
and Reconnaissance Programs, ISR Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense (C3I), The Pentagon, Washington D.C.
FLIGHT INFORMATION: Rating: Command Pilot Flight hours: Over 2,800 Aircraft
flown: T37, T38, KC135A, KC135Q, TRl, U2
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