Colonel Richard L. Wojick, Jr. is the Dean of the School of Systems and Logistics at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The School of Systems and Logistics provides professional continuing education, service and research for the Air Force acquisition and logistics communities.
Colonel Wojick entered the Air Force as a distinguished graduate through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1981. He has held a variety of assignments in program management, engineering, budget, contracts and testing, covering the full “cradle-to-grave” acquisition spectrum. Previously, he served as an engineer and test manager in an Air Force laboratory and was Chief of Program Control for twenty air-to-ground weapons programs. Colonel Wojick has also worked as the Propulsion Manager on the SRAM II, Combat Requirements Branch Chief for the B-2, System Program Office Director for the Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile, Division Chief of Manned Reconnaissance, and the Common Avionics Systems Manager for all of U.S. Special Operations Command’s fixed-and rotary-wing aircraft.
Prior to his current position, Colonel Wojick was the Chief, Acquisition Transformation Division, Directorate of Intelligence and Requirement (A2/A5), Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Education
Colonel Wojick entered the Air Force as a distinguished graduate through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1981. He has held a variety of assignments in program management, engineering, budget, contracts and testing, covering the full “cradle-to-grave” acquisition spectrum. Previously, he served as an engineer and test manager in an Air Force laboratory and was Chief of Program Control for twenty air-to-ground weapons programs. Colonel Wojick has also worked as the Propulsion Manager on the SRAM II, Combat Requirements Branch Chief for the B-2, System Program Office Director for the Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile, Division Chief of Manned Reconnaissance, and the Common Avionics Systems Manager for all of U.S. Special Operations Command’s fixed-and rotary-wing aircraft.
Prior to his current position, Colonel Wojick was the Chief, Acquisition Transformation Division, Directorate of Intelligence and Requirement (A2/A5), Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Education
- 1981 Distinguished Graduate, Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance, University of Florida
- 1986 Distinguished Graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- 1989 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Science Degree in Systems Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- 1994 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Science in Military History, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- 1998 Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- 2001 Distinguished Graduate, Master of Science in National Resource Strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
- 2001 Senior Acquisition Course, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
- January 1982 – December 1984 Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
Test Engineer and Contract Manager,
Nuclear Technology Division, Air Force Weapons Lab
- January 1985 – May 1988 Eglin AFB, Florida
Deputy Director, Program Control, Air-To-Surface Ballistic
Weapons System Program Office, Armament Division
- May 1988 – September 1989 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Student, Air Force Institute of Technology
- October 1989 – November 1991 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Propulsion Manager, Short Range Attack Missile System
Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Division
- December 1991 − July 1993 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Chief, B-2 Combat Capabilities, B-2 System Program Office,
Aeronautical Systems Center
- August 1993 – June 1994 Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Student, Air Command and Staff College
- June 1994 – June 1996 Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Deputy Director, Operational Structures Division, Department of
War and Theater Level Studies
- August 1996 – September 1998 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Program Director, Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile
System Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center
- September 1998 – June 2000 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Chief, Manned Reconnaissance Division, Reconnaissance
System Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center
- August 2000 − June 2001 Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
Student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- July 2001 − May 2004 Headquarters USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, Florida
United States Special Operations Command Common Avionics
Systems Manager, Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center
- May 2004 – June 2005 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
System Program Director, Global Hawk System Program Office, later, Commander, Global Hawk Systems Group, Reconnaissance Systems Wing, Aeronautical Systems Center
- June 2005 – July 2008 Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Chief, Acquisition Transformation Division, Directorate of Intelligence and Requirements (A2/A5), Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command
- July 2008 – Present Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Dean, School of Systems and Logistics, Air Force Institute of Technology
- Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
- Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
- Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
- Air Force Commendation Medal
- Air Force Achievement Medal
- Second Lieutenant August 29, 1981
- First Lieutenant August 29, 1983
- Captain August 29, 1985
- Major January 1, 1994
- Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1998
- Colonel March 1, 2004
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