Col Steven P. Dillenburger is the Deputy Commander of the 633d Air Base Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He received his commission in May 2002 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Notre Dame. Before his current position, he served as the Air Education and Training Command Director of Analysis and Assessments and the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa Deputy Chief of Analyses, Assessments, and Lessons Learned. He previously commanded the Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron and has served as the Senior Executive Officer for Studies, Analyses and Assessments at Headquarters United States Air Force. While on the Air Staff, he was an operations analyst in the Integrated Warfare Division and instructed initial skills training for the operations analyst (15A) career field at the Army Logistics University. He deployed as campaign assessments branch chief in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and as an analyst to the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Prior to earning his doctorate in operations research from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2012, Colonel Dillenburger served as a test analyst at the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center headquarters and as a research engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory.
EDUCATION
2002 Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.
2002 Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.
2002 Aerospace Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Master of Science degree in Mathematics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2008 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2012 Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio
2021 Master of Strategic Studies degree, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
ASSIGNMENTS
- June 2002 – June 2005, Research Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- June 2005 – July 2009, Armament Test Analyst, Headquarters Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
- August 2009 – September 2012, Doctoral Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- September 2012 – January 2015, Instructor, Army Logistics University, Fort Gregg-Adams, Va.
- January 2015 – May 2017, Operations Analyst, Studies, Analyses and Assessments, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
- May 2017 – May 2018, Senior Executive Officer, Studies, Analyses and Assessments, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
- June 2018 – June 2020, Commander, Studies and Analysis Squadron, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
- July 2020 – May 2021, Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
- June 2021 – July 2023, Deputy Chief of the Analyses, Assessments, and Lessons Learned Division, Directorate of Plans, Programs, and Analyses, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
- July 2023 – July 2024, Director, Analysis and Assessments Directorate, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas
- July 2024 – present, Deputy Commander, 633rd Air Base Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal (with three oak leaf clusters)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air and Space Commendation Medal (with one oak leaf cluster)
Air and Space Achievement Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 2002
First Lieutenant May 29, 2004
Captain May 29, 2006
Major July 1, 2012
Lieutenant Colonel May 1, 2017
Colonel August 1, 2023
Current as of July 2024