Edward A. Rice Jr.

Education

Promotions

• Second Lieutenant — May 31, 1978
• First Lieutenant — May 31, 1980
• Captain — May 31, 1982
• Major — April 1, 1986
• Lieutenant Colonel — April 1, 1990
• Colonel — February 1, 1994
• Brigadier General — February 1, 2002
• Major General — August 1, 2005
• Lieutenant General — February 25, 2008
• General — November 17, 2010

  Military assignments

• July 1978 - February 1980, distinguished graduate, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Arizona
• February 1980 - January 1984, B-52G co-pilot and aircraft commander, 69th Bombardment Squadron, Loring AFB, Maine
• January 1984 - February 1985, Air Staff Training Program assistant deputy chief, Executive Services Division, Directorate of Administration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
• February 1985 - July 1988, B-52G instructor pilot; Chief, Standardization and Evaluation Branch; and flight commander, 441st Bombardment Squadron, Mather AFB, California
• July 1988 - July 1989, student, College of Naval Command and Staff, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
• July 1989 - August 1990, programmer, Air Crew Management Branch, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
• August 1990 - November 1991, White House Fellow, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
• November 1991 - July 1992, Chief, Standardization and Evaluation Division, 410th Operations Group, K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan
• July 1992 - August 1993, Commander, 34th Bomb Squadron, Castle AFB, California
• August 1993 - July 1994, National Security Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• July 1994 - July 1995, professional staff member, Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
• July 1995 - January 1996, Deputy Commander, 509th Operations Group, Whiteman AFB, Missouri
• January 1996 - June 1997, Commander, 552nd Operations Group, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
• June 1997 - June 1999, Deputy Executive Secretary, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, D.C.
• June 1999 - May 2000, Deputy Director for Expeditionary Aerospace Force Implementation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
• May 2000 - May 2002, Commander, 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
• May 2002 - January 2004, Commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
• January 2004 to December 2004, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Representative and Executive Director for the Coalition Provisional Authority, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
• January 2005 to September 2005, Commander, 13th Air Force, Andersen AFB, Guam
• September 2005 to July 2006: Director of Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, and Commander, 13th Air Force, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
• July 2006 to October 2006: Commander, 13th Air Force, and Commander, Kenney Headquarters, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
• October 2006 to February 2008: Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
• February 2008 - October 2010, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan, and Commander, 5th Air Force, Yokota Air Base, Japan
• November 2010 – 2014, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas

  Awards and decorations

• 2007 Joseph A. Moller Trophy, Air Combat Command.