Lieutenant Colonel Suzann Hensley is Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at AFROTC Detachment 535 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Lt Col Hensley was commissioned in 1987 as a distinguished graduate of the Pennsylvania State University AFROTC program. She is a Senior Air Battle Manager, and has served in a variety of operational, staff and leadership positions in units employing seven different mobile ground radar, air defense and airborne air battle management systems.

1987 Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

1992 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL

1996 Master of Science in Management Information Systems, Bowie State University

2000 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL

2000 Master of Science in Military Operational Art and Science, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL

2006 Air War College, by correspondence

1. October 1987 – December 1987, student, Air Weapons Controller School, Tyndall AFB, FL

2. December 1987 – March 1988, student, semi-automated controller training, Luke AFB, AZ

3. March 1988 – May 1992, air weapons controller, instructor air weapons controller, weapons assignment officer, System Training Program Officer, Assistant Chief, Operations Training and Chief, Operations Training, 728th Air Control Squadron, Eglin AFB Duke Field, FL (November 1988 – February 1989, operations duty officer, United States Central Command Air Forces’ Combined Operations Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) (December 1990 – June 1991, weapons assignment officer, 728th Tactical Control Squadron deployed, King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia and officer in charge, tactical air control center defensive operations cell, 507th Tactical Air Control Center deployed, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

4. May 1992 – June 1992, student, air weapons controller automated systems training, Tyndall AFB, FL

5. June 1992 – June 1993, air weapons director, weapons assignment officer, evaluator weapons assignment officer and Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, 621st Air Control Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea

6. June 1993 – January 1997, weapons director, instructor weapons director, fighter allocator, Squadron Executive Officer and Chief, Squadron One Current Operations, NATO AWACS E-3A Component Flying Squadron One, Geilenkirchen ABS, Germany

7. January 1997 – May 1999, mission crew commander, instructor mission crew commander, Assistant Director of Operations, Chief, Combat Readiness and Director of Operations, 606th Air Control Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany (April 1999 – June 1999, mission crew commander and Director of Operations, 606th Air Control Squadron deployed, Gioia Del Colle AB, Italy)

8. May 1999 – June 2000, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL

9. June 2000 – May 2003, NORAD Air Warning Center Commander, instructor AWC commander, Chief, Command, Control and Warning Systems Branch and Chief, Command, Control and Warning Systems Operations Division, Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, Cheyenne Mountain AFS, CO

10. May 2003 – June 2005, mission crew commander and Assistant Director of Operations, 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK

11. June 2005 – present, mission crew commander, Chief, Operations Training and Formal Schools and Assistant Director of Operations, 552d Operations Support Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK

Rating: Senior Air Battle Manager

Hours: More than 2,500

Aircraft: E-3A / B / C

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster

Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Aerial Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters

Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and four oak leaf clusters

National Defense Service Medal with bronze star

Southwest Asia Service Medal with three bronze stars

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Korean Defense Service Medal

Armed Forces Service Medal

NATO Medal

Kuwait Liberation Medal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait

Second Lieutenant 23 July 1987

First Lieutenant 23 July 1989

Captain 23 July 1991

Major 1 February 1999

Lieutenant Colonel 1 October 2003