May 18, 2023 [link removed] copy and paste this link to read the alert on MDAA's website. Follow and Support MDAA   MDAA Alert: Expanding Our Team Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Charles "Corky" Corcoran, USAF, member of MDAA Board of Directors. Dear Members and Friends, With the continuation of our mission to make our nation and the world safer through the advocacy, development, and deployment of missile defense, we are honored to bring Major General (Ret) Charles “Corky” Corcoran onto our Board of Directors. Corcoran brings subject matter expertise in the employment of U.S. aerial superiority systems, doctrine, and procedures from the tactical to policy level. He has been responsible for formulating policy in support of air, irregular warfare, counterproliferation, homeland security, weather, and cyber operations for the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff. Major General (Ret) “Corky” Corcoran served over 31 years in the United States Air Force (USAF), most recently as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at USAF Headquarters (HQ) in Washington D.C. Prior to this assignment, Corky commanded the USAF Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, leading a team of ~13,000 personnel at 54 locations across 21 different states responsible for conducting operational test of weapons systems, developing relevant, repeatable tactics for employment of weapons systems, and conducting advanced training for USAF, joint, and international partner forces. Corky commanded at the Squadron and Group level, and twice at the Wing level. In addition to his final assignment on the HQ USAF staff, he also served in HQ staff positions at Air Forces Central Command, North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Allied Air Command, and United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa. Corky is a 1992 graduate of the USAF Academy, 2000 graduate of the USAF Weapons School, and a 2011 graduate of National War College. During his career he amassed over 3,200 flight hours, including over 440 combat hours, primarily in the F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor. We are honored to welcome our MDAA Senior Fellow for Global Affairs Jon "Ty" Thomas to MDAA's Board of Directors after serving 2 years as Special Advisor for MDAA. Respectfully, Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance   Click Here to Join MDAA _____________________________________________________________________ MDAA is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organization. Our mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States and its allies against missile threats. We are a membership-funded organization that does not advocate on behalf of any specific system, technology, architecture or entity. Founded in 2002, MDAA is the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense. Visit our website www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org for more information.   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 515 King Street, Suite 330 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 299-0060 Email: [email protected]   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!