Col Andrew L. Roddan is the Commander, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan. He is responsible for eighteen squadrons sustaining the Department of Defense’s only airlift wing in the Pacific theater. As the Western Pacific airlift hub, Yokota Air Base provides mission-ready forces and base operating support to guarantee U.S. forward presence and crisis response operating a budget of more than $5.1 million.
Col Roddan is a 1997 graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla and received his commission through Detachment 157, AFROTC. He then graduated from Undergraduate Pilot Training before attending C-130E Initial Qualification Training at Little Rock AFB, Ark. He flew operational assignments at Pope AFB, N.C. and Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany as a C-130E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and evaluator pilot and at Dyess AFB, Texas and Little Rock AFB, Ark as a C-130J aircraft commander and instructor pilot. He has flown worldwide missions including supporting operations in Central and South America, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Darfur, Georgia, and Afghanistan.
Col Roddan has commanded an Operations Support Squadron, an Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, and an Operations Group. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Postgraduate School of National Security Affairs, the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and the United States Army War College. He has served previous staff tours at Headquarters, United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), and United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). Col Roddan is a command pilot with over 3,850 hours in the C-130E and C-130J. He is married and has two daughters. Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Roddan was the Commander, 19th Operations Group, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science in Aviation Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2004 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Master of Arts in International Relations, Webster University, St Louis, Mo.
2008 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2010 Master of Arts in Security Studies (Stabilization and Reconstruction), United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.
2011 Master of Philosophy in Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2013 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2018 Master of Arts in Strategic Studies, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
2019 Leading Strategically, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colo.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. February 1998-June 1998, Special Assistant to the Commander, AFROTC Detachment 157, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
2. July 1998-February 1999, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus AFB, Miss.
3. February 1999-September 1999, student, undergraduate pilot training, VT-31, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi,
Texas
4. October 1999-March 2000, C-130E initial qualification training, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
5. March 2000-September 2004, C-130E Pilot, Aircraft Commander, Instructor Pilot, and Chief of Scheduling, 41st
Airlift Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C.
6. September 2004-August 2006, C-130E Instructor Pilot, Chief of Training, and Operations Group Executive Officer,
37th Airlift Squadron and 86th Operations Group, Ramstein AB, Germany
7. August 2006-June 2008, C-130E Evaluator Pilot, Deputy Chief, USAFE Commander’s Action Group, Ramstein AB,
Germany
8. June 2008-June 2009, Deputy Chief, Operations and Training Branch and Mobility Air Forces Program Element
Monitor, HQ USAFE Directorate of Operations, Ramstein AB, Germany
9. June 2009-June 2010, Intermediate Developmental Education Student, US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,
Calif.
10. June 2010-June 2011, Advanced Studies Group Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University,
Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. June 2011-August 2014, Chief, Global Plans Branch, Chief of Strategic Planning, and Executive Officer to the
Director, HQ USTRANSCOM Directorate of Strategy, Policy, and Logistics, Scott AFB, Ill.
12. August 2014-June 2015, Chief of Safety, 317th Airlift Group, Dyess AFB, Texas
13. June 2015-June 2017, Commander, 317th Operations Support Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas (January 2017-May
2017, Commander, 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan)
14. July 2017-June 2018, Senior Developmental Education Student, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks,
Pa.
15. June 2018-May 2019, Chief, Conventional Support to Nuclear Operations, HQ USSTRATCOM Nuclear Planning
Division, Offutt AFB, Neb.
16. June 2019-July 2020, USTRANSCOM Liaison Officer to HQ USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb.
17. July 2020-June 2022, Commander, 19th Operations Group, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
18. June 2022-Present, Commander, 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota AB, Japan
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2011-August 2014, Chief, Global Plans Branch, Chief of Strategic Planning, and Executive Officer to the
Director, HQ USTRANSCOM Directorate of Strategy, Policy, and Logistics, Scott AFB, Ill., as a major and lieutenant
colonel
2. June 2018-May 2019, Chief, Conventional Support to Nuclear Operations, HQ USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb.,
as a lieutenant colonel and colonel
3. May 2019-July 2020, USTRANSCOM Liaison Officer to HQ USSTRATCOM, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than 3850
Aircraft flown: T-37, C-12, C-130E, C-130J
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant January 11, 1998
First Lieutenant January 11, 2000
Captain January 11, 2002
Major July 1, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2012
Colonel April 1, 2019
(CURRENT AS OF JUNE 2022)