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Colonel Trenton N. Twedt

Colonel Trenton N. Twedt is the Maintenance Group Commander, 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa. In this role, he is responsible for the manning, training and readiness of 240 Maintenance Group personnel. His leadership expertise provides quality aircraft and equipment maintenance, sortie generation and munitions required by the wing to produce over 900 sorties and 3,400 flight hours annually. In addition, he directs the one and only Air National Guard Paint Facility which has painted over 650 aircraft and achieved $57.6 million in cost avoidance to the Air National Guard.
 
Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Twedt was the Director of Staff, Joint Forces Headquarters, Iowa Air National Guard, Johnston, Iowa.
 
Colonel Twedt enlisted in the Air Force on 26 September 1986 and served as an avionics technician for nine years. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa and was commissioned in 1999 through the Academy of Military Science. Since his commissioning and current assignment, he has served as a Transportation Officer, Security Forces Squadron commander, Executive Officer to the Adjutant General, Installation Deployment Officer, Logistics Operations Officer, Force Support Squadron commander, Maintenance Squadron commander, Intelligence Squadron commander and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group commander. He has served on contingency deployments to Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan and Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Throughout his maintenance career Colonel Twedt worked on various aircraft including the B-52G/H, T-43A, T-37B and F-16C/D.
 
EDUCATION
1986 Basic Military Training, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
1987 Bombing Navigation Systems Apprentice, Lowry AFB, Colo.
1988 Bombing Navigation Systems AGE Mechanic, Lowry AFB, Colo.
1995 Avionics Attack Control Apprentice, Sheppard AFB, Texas
1996 Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1998 Airman Leadership School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
1999 Academy of Military Science, McGhee-Tyson ANGB, Tenn.
2005 Logistics Readiness Officer Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
2006 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2011 Air Force Combat Ammunition Center Senior Officer Orientation Course, Beale AFB, Calif.
2012 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2014 Intelligence Officer Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
2015 Joint Targeting School, Dam Neck, Va.
2016 Commanders Development Course, Andrews AFB, Va.
2016 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
 
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1986 – November 1986, Basic Military Trainee, 3707th Basic Military Training Squadron, Lackland AFB, Texas
2. November 1986 – May 1987, Student, 3451st Technical Training Squadron, Lowry AFB, Colorado
3. May 1987 – August 1989, Bombing Navigations Systems Technician, 320th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Mather AFB, Calif.
4. August 1989 – January 1990, Bombing Navigations Systems Technician, 7th Field Maintenance Squadron, Carswell AFB, Texas
5. August 1993 – August 1999, Avionics Attack Control Technician, 132d Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
6. July 1999 – August 1999, Officer Candidate, Academy of Military Science, McGhee-Tyson ANGB, Tenn.
7. August 1999 – June 2001, Transportation Officer, 132d Logistics Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
8. June 2001 – August 2001, Commander, 132d Security Forces Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
9. August 2001 – May 2004, Executive Officer to the Adjutant General, Joint Forces Headquarters, Iowa National Guard, Johnston, Iowa
10. May 2004 – September 2006, Readiness Flight OIC/Installation Deployment Officer, 132d Logistics Readiness Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa (September 2005 – November 2005, Logistics Operations Officer, Air Forces Europe A4, Ramstein Air Base, Germany)
11. September 2006 – April 2008, Operations Officer, 132d Logistics Readiness Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
(September 2006 – January 2007, Group Executive Officer, 506th Air Expeditionary Group, Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq)
12. April 2008 – March 2011, Commander, 132d Force Support Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
13. March 2011 – October 2013, Commander, 132d Maintenance Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
(February 2012 – May 2012, Officer in Charge, F-16 Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Group, Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan)
14. October 2013 – January 2016, Commander, 233d Intelligence Squadron, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
15. January 2016 – February 2020, Commander, 132d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Des Moines ANGB, Iowa
16. February 2020 – September 2023, Director of Staff, Joint Forces Headquarters, Iowa Air National Guard, Johnston, Iowa
(January 2023 – July 2023, AFCENT Senior Air Reserve Component Forward Advisor, Al Udeid AB, Qatar)
17. September 2023 – Present, Commander, 185th Maintenance Group, Colonel Bud Day Field, Sioux City, Iowa
 
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster
Air Force Good Conduct with bronze oak leaf cluster
 
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant, 21 August 1999
First Lieutenant, 21 August 2001
Captain, 21 August 2003
Major, 22 February 2008
Lieutenant Colonel, 6 June 2013
Colonel, 25 May 2017
 
(Current as of October 2023)

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