Burke Edwin Wilson is a retired

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two-star general who served as Commander, 24th Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas from 2014 to 2016. Wilson entered the Air Force in 1985 through the

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. He has commanded two space wings and the 24th Air Force. He has served as Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Senior Military Advisor for Cyber, Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy The United States under secretary of defense for policy (USDP) is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The under secretary of defense for policy is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Unite ...

, and as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy in Washington, District of Columbia. Since his retirement from the

, he currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy.Maj. Gen. Ed Wilson appointed to top Pentagon cyber policy position https://www.cyberscoop.com/burke-ed-wilson-defense-cyber-policy/

Education

*1985 Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering,

U.S. Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in Air Force Academy Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and Un ...

, Colorado Springs, Colo. *1986 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence *1990 Master of Science degree in electrical/computer engineering,

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...

, Boston, Mass. *1990 Distinguished Graduate,

Squadron Officer School Squadron Officer School (SOS), is a 5.5-week-long Professional Military Education (PME) course for U.S. Air Force and Space Force Captains, Department of the Air Force Civilian (DAFC) equivalents and International Officers. It fulfills the ...

Maxwell AFB Maxwell Air Force Base , officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. ...

, Ala. *1998

Air Command and Staff College The Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and is the United States Air Force's intermediate-level Professional Military Education (PME) school. It is a subordinate command of the Air Un ...

, Maxwell AFB, Ala. *1999 Master of Airpower Art and Science, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala. *2004

Air War College The Air War College (AWC) is the senior Professional Military Education (PME) school of the U.S. Air Force. A part of the United States Air Force's Air University (United States Air Force), Air University, AWC emphasizes the employment of air, ...

, by correspondence *2004 Back to Basics, Executive Business Training, Darden Graduate School of Business,

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, Charlottesville *2005 Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship,

Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational corporation, multinational digital communications technology conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, m ...

, San Jose, Calif. *2006

Joint Forces Staff College The Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC), located in Norfolk, Virginia, was established as the Armed Forces Staff College in 1946 and incorporated into the National Defense University in August 1981. It educates and acculturates joint and multinat ...

, Norfolk, Va. *2009 U.S. Air Force Enterprise Leadership Course,

Darden School of Business The Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration (branded as the Darden School of Business) is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school offers ...

, Charlottesville *2015 Cyberspace Operations Executive Course, Air University,

, Ala.

Assignments

*July 1985 – May 1988, design engineer, Space Defense Operations Center; Chief, SPADOC Systems Engineering Branch, Electrical Systems Division,

Hanscom AFB Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Fie ...

, Mass. *June 1988 – June 1990, Military Strategic and Tactical Relay systems engineer; program manager,

MILSTAR Milstar (Military Strategic and Tactical Relay) is a constellation of military communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit, which are operated by the United States Space Force, and provide secure and jam-resistant worldwide communications ...

Transportable Terminal, Electronic Systems Division,

, Mass. *July 1990 – June 1994, Operations Director; Flight Director; Chief, Advanced Satellite Planning Division; Chief, Advanced Satellite Management Division, Operational Detachment 4, Onizuka AFB, Calif. *July 1994 – December 1995, Mission Director; Chief, Support to Military Operations Division, Overhead Collection Management Center,

Fort George G. Meade Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, th ...

, Md. *January 1996 – February 1997, executive officer, Deputy Director,

National Reconnaissance Office The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. f ...

, Chantilly, Va. *March 1997 – July 1997, military assistant, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force,

the Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As ...

, Washington, D.C. *July 1997 – June 1998, student,

, Air University,

, Ala. *July 1998 – June 1999, student, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Air University,

, Ala. *July 1999 – June 2000, plans and programs officer; Chief, Plans and Programs Branch, U.S. Space Command,

Peterson AFB Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a United States Space Force base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home t ...

, Colo. *July 2000 – June 2002, Deputy Director, Commander in Chief's Action Group,

North American Aerospace Defense Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ; , CDAAN), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a Combined operations, combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air ...

/ U.S. Space Command,

, Colo. *July 2002 – July 2003, Commander,

1st Space Operations Squadron The 1st Space Operations Squadron (1 SOPS) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for space-based space domain awareness. Located at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, the squadron operates the Space Based Space Surveillance system, ...

50th Space Wing The 50th Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing. It was activated in 1949 as the 50th Fighter Wing, serving as a reserve air defense unit, and was redesignated as the 50th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in 1950, before being inactivated i ...

Schriever AFB Schriever Space Force Base, previously Schriever Air Force Base, Falcon Air Force Base, and Falcon Air Force Station, is a base of the United States Space Force located approximately east of Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs in E ...

, Colo. *July 2003 – July 2004, Deputy Commander,

50th Operations Group The 50th Operations Group was a subordinate unit of the 50th Space Wing, and assigned to Air Force Space Command from 1991-2019. The group, redesignated as Space Delta 8 on 24 Jul 2020 is stationed at Schriever Air Force Base, Schriever Space Fo ...

, Colo. *August 2004 – May 2005, Secretary of Defense corporate fellow,

San Jose, Calif. San Jose, officially the City of San José ( ; ), is a cultural, commercial, and political center within Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. With a city population of 997,368 and a metropolitan area population of 1.95 million, it is ...

*June 2005 – June 2006, Director, Commander's Action Group,

Air Force Space Command An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosphere ...

, Colo. *June 2006 – September 2006, student,

, Norfolk, Va. *September 2006 – April 2008, Commander, Space Operations Group, Aerospace Defense Facility-East,

Fort Belvoir Fort Belvoir ( ) is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir (plantation), Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Lord ...

, Va. *April 2008 – February 2010, Commander,

Space Development and Test Wing The Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) was a unit of Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center of the United States Air Force. The Wing (air force unit), wing is located at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ...

Kirtland AFB Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base. It is located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico, urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator C ...

, N.M. *February 2010 – August 2011, Commander, 45th Space Wing,

Patrick AFB Patrick Space Force Base is a United States Space Force installation located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is named in honor of Major General Mason Patrick, USAAC. It is home to Space ...

, Fla. *September 2011 – June 2013, Deputy Commander, Air Forces Cyber (AFCYBER/ 24th Air Force),

, Md. *June 2013 – July 2014, Director of Space Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters,

U.S. Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 ...

, Washington, D.C. *July 2014 – June 2016, Commander, 24th Air Force and Commander, Air Forces Cyber, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas *July 2016 – present, Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Senior Military Advisor for Cyber, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy,

The Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As ...

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*June 2017 – February 2018, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy,

Awards and decorations

Effective dates of promotion

References

External links

Bio, Mr. B. Edwin Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

Major General B. Edwin Wilson Bio

Offense and Defense Define Air Force Cyber Work With Industry

Air Force Cyber Faces Familiar Challenges

Maj. Gen. Ed Wilson appointed to top Pentagon cyber policy position

Panel Discussion On Cyber Enabled Economic Warfare , InterLocally

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Military Cyber Teams On Standby For Elections

Offense and Defense Define Air Force Cyber Work With Industry
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