TSgt Nathan Aschliman
Technical Sergeant Nathan Aschliman is the Flight Chief, Department of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Studies at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. In this role, he leads four instructors, administrators, and contractors. He oversees student registration, manages and updates specialized course curricula, and coordinates and instructs 15 courses annually, delivering doctrine-level education to more than 450 NC3 professionals each year.
TSgt Aschliman was born in Bryan, Ohio, and graduated from high school in Edon, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in March 2014, completing Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, followed by Command and Control (C2) Operations Technical School at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.
With over a decade of specialized nuclear surety and NC3 expertise, TSgt Aschliman has served in key operational and leadership positions across both CONUS and OCONUS locations. His assignments include Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, as a Senior Emergency Actions Controller; Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, as a Senior Emergency Actions Controller; and Ghedi Air Base, Italy, as NCOIC of Nuclear Command and Control (NC2) Operations Training. Following a broadening assignment at Dover AFB, Delaware as NCOIC, Operations Systems, he returned to the NC3 mission at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom. There, as NCOIC of NC2 Quality Assurance, he led the Command Post in establishing United States Air Forces in Europe’s (USAFE) first nuclear-capable installation in more than two decades before assuming his current position at Barksdale AFB.