Timothy J. Cox edit
Timothy J. Cox is a National Security Space Advocate and a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel currently working in the aerospace industry. He is a member of the editorial board of Space Force Journal, the Independent Forum of the Space Force.
Cox has operational experience with missile and space systems, as a Minuteman III launch officer, and as a space situational awareness and counter space officer. He served as Chief of the Space Control Division on the Air Staff and as Chief, Commander's Action Group, for the Combined Force Air Component Commander of the United States Central Command Southwest Asia. He later stood-up the nation's first Air Force Health Professions Recruiting Squadron as Commander, 318th Recruiting Squadron, Air Force Recruiting Service before becoming the Deputy Chief of Staff for the United States Air Forces Central Command and the Combined Force Air Component Commander.
Education edit
Cox is a graduate of California State University, Sacramento and was commissioned in 1993 via the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. He later completed a Master of Space Studies degree at the American Military University in 2007 and a Certificate on College Teaching in 2016.
Recent Publications edit
- Time to Move ICBM and missile defense units to the Space Force, with J.R. Riordan and Daniel Dant, Space News
- Crafting a Space Force Culture, LinkedIn
- Space Force or Air Force-lite? Identity matters, Military Times
- The Airpower Revolution is Dead… Air Force, We have become the thing we hated, LinkedIn
- Top 10 things Space Force needs on Day One, The Hill
- War on the Rocks Accidentally Demonstrates why the US needs a Space Force, LinkedIn
- In Space Force debate, the military’s space experts are missing in action, The Hill
- What Problem is a US Space Force Trying to Solve? Part 1, Part 2, Over The Horizon
United States Air Force Assignments edit
1. February 1994–June 1994, Student, Undergraduate Missile Training, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
2. July 1994–June 1999, Missile Combat Crew, 564th Strategic Missile Squadron and Wing Missile Combat Crew Instructor, Chief of Protocol, 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.
3. July 1999–May 2001, Orbital Analyst, Space Control Center, Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, United States Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, Colo.
4. June 2001–Nov 2001, Space Control Analyst, 1st Command and Control Squadron, Cheyenne Mountain AS, Colo.
5. Dec 2001–Feb 2002, Chief, Future Systems, 21st Space Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo.
6. March–July 2002, Chief of Protocol, Joint Task Force-Southwest Asia, U.S. Air Forces Central Command (forward) and Combined Force Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia
7. August 2002–June 2004, Chief, Wing Plans; Operations Group Senior Evaluator, 21st Space Wing, Peterson AFB Colo.
8. July 2004–June 2007, Joint Operations Center Operations Officer; Executive Officer; Chief, Space Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, United States Pacific Command, Camp Smith, Hi.
9. July 2007–June 2008, Chief, Policy and Doctrine, Headquarters Thirteenth Air Force, Hickam AFB, Hi.
10. July 2008–January 2011, Chief, Space Situational Awareness Branch; Chief Space Control Division, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. February–August 2011, Chief, Commander's Action Group, Combined Force Air Component Commander and U.S. Air Forces Central Command, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia
12. September 2011–October 2012, Director of Operations, 20th Space Control Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fl.
13. November 2012–June 2015, Commander, 318th Recruiting Squadron, Mechanicsburg, Penn.
14. July 2015–June 2016 Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, U.S. Central Command, Southwest Asia
15. July 2016–September 2019, Military Instructor, Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University, Norfolk NS, Va.
Military Awards and Decorations edit
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Command Space Operations Badge |
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Basic Missile Badge |
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Commander's Badge |
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Air Staff Badge |