Thomas Joseph "Tom" Masiello is a retired United States Air Force Major General who served as the eighth commander of the US Air Force Research Laboratory.[1] He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
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Birth name | Thomas Joseph Masiello |
Nickname(s) | "Tom" |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1981–2016 |
Rank | Major General |
Commands held | 40th Flight Test Squadron Eglin Research Site (classified unit) Air Force Research Lab |
Awards | Defense Superior Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit (2) Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal (4) Aerial Achievement Medal (4) Air Force Commendation Medal (2) Combat Readiness Medal National Defense Service Medal (2) Iraq Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |
Spouse(s) | Wendy M. Masiello (wife) |
Masiello was commissioned in 1981 as a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. A command pilot, he has logged more than 3,300 flying hours in more than 20 different aircraft. He has served as an experimental test pilot and test squadron commander conducting developmental flight tests on a wide variety of weapon systems. He has been Director of the Munitions Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wing Commander of a classified unit, and the Command Inspector General for Air Force Materiel Command.
Masiello has held other operational and staff assignments, including a tour as Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Central Command, where he spent the bulk of his tour at CENTCOM's Forward Headquarters in Southwest Asia; and Deputy Director for Operations — Operations Team Two, National Military Command Center, Joint Staff, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He has served as Deputy Director, Strategic Effects, U.S. Forces - Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Plans, Programs and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Major General Thomas Masiello is married to Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello, who is an Air Force Lieutenant General.[2] The couple has two sons, who are also in the Air Force.
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Insignia | Rank | Date |
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Major General | June 3, 2011 | |
Brigadier General | August 3, 2007 | |
Colonel | April 1, 2001 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | January 1, 1997 | |
Major | September 1, 1993 | |
Captain | May 27, 1985 | |
First Lieutenant | May 27, 1983 | |
Second Lieutenant | May 27, 1981 |