Lt Col Jeffery S. Dennison serves as the Commander, National Radar Cross Section Test Facility (NRTF), 704th Test Group Detachment 1, Holloman AFB, New Mexico. The NRTF conducts RCS and antenna pattern measurement tests to enhance survivability and effectiveness of current and future Department of Defense platforms and weapons systems.
Lt Col Dennison commissioned in 2006 through the Kansas State University ROTC program in Manhattan, Kansas. Following graduation, he led a premier geospatial intelligence forensic analysis cell at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, and subsequently deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as the Center’s liaison officer for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom where he helped identify and neutralize threats to US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. After graduating in the top ten percent of his electrical engineering class at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Lt Col Dennison entered the test community at Edwards AFB where he led the developmental electronic warfare test efforts on the YAL-1A Airborne Laser System and the RQ-4 Global Hawk. After graduating from Air Force Test Pilot School, Class 13B, he led multiple first flight test events across several experimental platforms at a Data Masked location. Prior to this assignment Lt Col Dennison served as Test Manager and Program Manager for Advanced Technologies in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Fighter and Advanced Aircraft Special Programs Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, and achieved the Air Force Material Command Special Access Program Senior Program Manager of the Year.
EDUCATION
2006 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2006 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, AL
2011 Master of Science, EE Dir Energy/Beam Control, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
2012 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL
2014 Masters of Science, Flight Test Engineering, Edwards AFB, CA
2016 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2021 Air War College, by correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2006 – June 2008, Officer in Charge, Ground Moving Target Indicator Forensic Analyst Cell, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
(August 2007 – March 2008, NASIC Liaison Officer, Combined Air Operations Center, Al Udeid AB, Qatar)
2. June 2008 – June 2009, Imagery Systems Engineer, NASIC, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
3. June 2009 – March 2011, Master’s Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
4. March 2011 – March 2012, Global Hawk Electronic Warfare Team Lead, 771st Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA
5. March 2012 – March 2013, Deputy Chief Engineer, 771st Test Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA
6. March 2013 – June 2014, Student (Class 13B), USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, CA
7. June 2014 – June 2016, Flight Commander, Data Masked
8. June 2016 – June 2017, Assistant Director of Operations, Developmental Systems, Data Masked
9. June 2017 – May 2018, Wing Executive Officer, Data Masked
10. May 2018 – May 2019, Test Manager, Advanced Technology, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Special Programs Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
11. May 2019 – May 2021, Program Manager, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Special Programs Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
12. May 2021 – Present, Commander, National Radar Cross Section Test Facility (NRTF), 704th Test Group Detachment 1, Holloman AFB, NM
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Non-rated officer aircrew
Flight hours: 375
Aircraft flown: HH-60, F-16, T-38, C-12, and others
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Aerial Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2020 Air Force Material Command Special Access Programs Senior Program Manager of the Year
2020 Air Force Material Command Test Team of the Year
2019 FGO of the Year, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Special Programs Division
2016 Squadron CGO of the Year, Data Masked
2012 CGO of the Year, 412th Electronic Warfare Group
2011 Top 10% Engineering Department Graduate, Air Force Institute of Technology
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant: 31 May 2006
First Lieutenant: 31 May 2008
Captain: 31 May 2010
Major: 1 August 2016
Lieutenant Colonel: 1 January 2021
(CURRENT AS OF JULY 2021)