Chief Master Sergeant Jeramie G. Riddle is the Maintenance Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL), 352 Special Operations Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom. He is responsible for leading, planning, and directing maintenance efforts for six units and more than 1200 active duty and civilian airmen supporting Air Force Special Ops Command in the U.S. European Command with full-spectrum Special Ops Forces, including seven MC-130J Commando II and nine CV-22B Osprey aircraft. The wing provides air capability that includes infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply of Special Ops Forces in denied territory. As the Senior Maintenance Advisor to the Wing Deputy Commander, he is responsible for enabling Air Force Special Ops Forces generation, theater strategy, engagement and employment, unit readiness, joint training exercises, standardaization and evaluation, logistics, equipment, and maintenance readiness through the wing’s relevant directorates. Additionally, he oversees daily integration of flight operations and maintenance efforts.This includes oversight and providing recommendations to the commander that balance training, scheduling, Flying Hour Program management, aircrew and fleet readiness, and Ops, Activities, and Investments (OAI) requests and commitments.
Chief Riddle is from Summertown, Tennessee, and entered the Air Force in May 1997. He graduated from technical training as an Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice in October 1997. He has held numerous aircraft organizational and intermediate maintenance positions and supported Ops SOUTHERN WATCH, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, ODYSSEY DAWN, UNIFIED PROTECTOR, INHERENT RESOLVE, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, NOBLE EAGLE, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and Continuous Bomber Presence rotations. His aircraft experience includes multiple cargo, bomber, fighter, and tanker aircraft at bases in South Dakota, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Alaska, Florida, Idaho, Italy, South Korea, Hawaii, Guam, New Jersey, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. Before his current assignment, he was the Senior Enlisted Leader, 48th Component Mx Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom.
EDUCATION:
1997 Aerospace Propulsion Apprentice Course, Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas
2001 Airman Leadership School, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
2003 Aircraft Quality Assurance Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2006 USAF Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Tyndall AFB, Florida
2010 USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Correspondence Course
2010 Associate of Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2010 F-15 Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor Familiarization Course, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
2010 Aerospace Propulsion F-15 Engine Starting Systems Intermediate Mx Course, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
2010 C-130 PROP Organizational Maintenance, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
2011 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Correspondence Course
2011 Fundamentals of Logistics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2011 Intro to Configuration Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2012 Intro to CPI: Lean Management Basics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2012 Air Force Transformation: AFSO21 and eLog21, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2012 Professional Manager Certification, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2013 Jet Engine Mishap Investigation Course, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2013 Aerospace Propulsion Engine Trending and Diagnostics Course, Hill AFB, Utah
2014 Engine Management Course, Air Education Training Command, Sheppard AFB, Texas
2014 FAA Airframe & Powerplant Certification Program, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2015 Concepts of Industrial Maintenance Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2015 Fundamentals of Project Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2015 Bachelor of Arts, Business Admin & Management, Summa Cum Laude, Trident University International, Cypress, California
2017 Harvard Business School Leading and Motivating, Defense Acquisition University, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia
2017 Civilian Personnel Management Course, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2017 USAF Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2021 Squadron Commander/Superintendent Course, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint-Base San Antonio, Texas
2021 Theory of Constraints Fundamentals, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2022 Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Oct 1997 - Feb 1999: Crew Member Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance (JEIM), 28th Mx Sq, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
2. Feb 1999 - Jun 1999: F110 Jet Engine Journeyman, 35th Maintenance (Mx) Squadron (Sq), Misawa Air Base (AB), Japan
3. Jun 1999 - Mar 2001: F-16 Propulsion Systems Journeyman, 14th Fighter Sq, Misawa AB, Japan (May 2001 - Sept 01: F-16 Propulsion Systems Journeyman, 14th Expeditionary Fighter Sq, Prince Sultan AB, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
4. Mar 2001 - May 2003: Aircraft (Acft) Propulsion Journeyman, 732nd Air Mobility Sq, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
5. May 2003 - Jun 2005: Quality Assurance Inspector, 732nd Air Mobility Sq, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
6. Jun 2005 - Mar 2007: Aerospace Propulsion Craftsman, 33rd Mx Sq, Eglin AFB, Florida
7. Mar 2007 - Dec 2007: JEIM Dock Chief, 366th Component Mx Sq, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
8. Dec 2007 - Jun 2009: Assistant Support Section Chief, 366th Component Mx Sq, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
9. Jun 2009 - Nov 2010: Secondary Power Section Chief, 366th Component Mx Sq, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
10. Nov 2010 - Aug 2012: Quality Assurance Chief Inspector, 31st Mx Group, Aviano AB, Italy
11. Aug 2012 - Apr 2014: Engine Management Superintendent, 31st Mx Group, Aviano AB, Italy
12. Apr 2014 - Jan 2015: Mx Ops Flight Superintendent, 31st Mx Group, Aviano AB, Italy
13. Jan 2015 - May 2016: Production Superintendent, 8th Mx Sq, Kunsan AB, South Korea
14. May 2016 - Apr 2017: Lead Production Superintendent, 15th Acft Mx Sq, Joint Base (JB) Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
15. Apr 2017- Aug 2018: Assistant Sq Superintendent, 15th Acft Mx Sq, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (Jan 2018 - July 2018: Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight Chief, 36th Mx Sq, Andersen AFB, Guam)
16. Aug 2018 - June 2019: Maintenance Superintendent, 15th Acft Mx Sq, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
17. July 2019 - July 2020: Acft Mx Unit Superintendent, 605th Acft Mx Sq, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey (Jan 2020 - June 2020: Superintendent, 385th Expeditionary Acft Mx Sq Detachment 4/380th Expeditionary Acft Mx Unit, Al Dhafra AB, UAE)
18. July 2020 - Jan 2021: Sq Superintendent, 305th Mx Sq, JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey
19. Jan 2021 - Mar 2023: SEL, 48th Component Mx Sq, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom
20. Mar 2023 - Present: SEL, 352nd Special Ops Mx Group, (352nd Special Ops Wing SEL) Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
Meritorious Service Medal with seven oak leaf clusters
Air & Space Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air & Space Achievement Medal
Meritorious Unit Award with four oak leaf clusters
AF Outstanding Unit Award with “Valor” Device and twelve oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary & Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Air & Space Campaign Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Ops Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air & Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border and one Oak leaf cluster
NATO Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1999 Senior Airman Below-the-Zone recipient, Misawa AB, Japan
2008 Pratt & Whitney Golden Wrench Award, Mountain Home AFB, ID
2011 31st Maintenance Ops Sq Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award, Aviano AB, Italy
2011 USAFE Air Force Chief of Safety Aviation Maintenance Safety Award, Aviano AB, Italy
2012 31st Fighter Wing Maintenance Support Professional of the Year, Aviano AB, Italy
2016 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Production Team of the Year, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
2016 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron SNCO of the Year, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
2016 15th Wing Lieutenant General Leo Marquez Award, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
2017 15th Wing General Lew Allen Award, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
2017 15th Maintenance Group SNCO of the Year, JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Chief Master Sergeant - July 2019
(Current as of Oct 2023)