Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Mallette is the Assistant Adjutant General for Air, North Carolina National Guard and Commander, North Carolina Air National Guard. As Assistant Adjutant General for Air, he is the primary advisor to the Adjutant General on all programs, strategic planning and operations affecting the North Carolina Air National Guard. As the Commander, North Carolina Air National Guard, he has command and control responsibility of more than 1,400 personnel in 23 units. General Mallette enlisted in the United States Army in 1982 as an Air Traffic Control Tower Operator. He joined the North Carolina Air National Guard in August 1986, as a C-130 Loadmaster. He received his commission 1991 from the Academy of Military Science, Knoxville, Tennessee. He went on to attend Undergraduate Pilot Training at Columbus Air Force Base (AFB), Mississippi. General Mallette has served in numerous capacities including Deputy Commander of the 145th Combat Operations Group, Commander of the 145th Operations Support Squadron, Maintenance Group Commander and the North Carolina National Guard’s Director of Staff. He has deployed in support of Operations FREEDOMS SENTINEL, INHERENT RESOLVE, ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, SOUTHERN WATCH, JOINT FORGE, and CORONET OAK
Education
1992 C-130 Co-Pilot Qualification, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
1992 Undergraduate Pilot Training Course, Columbus AFB, Miss.
1994 Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1996 C-130 Aircraft Commander Qualification, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
1998 C-130 Instructor Qualification, Little Rock AFB, Ark.
1999 Squadron Officer School (SOS), by correspondence
2000 Advanced Instrument School, Randolph AFB, Texas
2001 Advance Airlift Tactics Training Course, St Joseph, Mo.
2003 Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), by correspondence
2007 Contingency Wartime Planning Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2013 Air War College, by correspondence
2017 C-17 Senior Officer Qualification Course, Altus AFB, Okla
2018 Director Mobility Forces Course, Hurlburt Field, Fla.
2019 Global Mobility Air Operations Executive Course, Scott AFB, Ill.
Assignments
April 1991 - April 1992, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
April 1992 - August 1996, C-130B Co-pilot, 156th Airlift Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
August 1996 - February 1998, C-130H3 Pilot, 156th Airlift Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
February 1998 - September 2000, Command Post Officer/Instructor Pilot, 145 Airlift Wing, Charlotte, N.C.
September 2000 - June 2002, Pilot Scheduler/ Instructor Pilot, 156 Airlift Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
June 2002 - March 2004, Assistant Chief of Aircrew Training, 156th Airlift Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
March 2004 - June 2005, Assistant Chief of Aircrew Tactics, 156th Airlift Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
June 2005 - January 2007, Assistant Chief of Standardization & Evaluation, 145th Operations Group, Charlotte, N.C.
January 2007 - March 2009, Wing Plans Officer, 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte, N.C.
March 2009 - July 2012, Detachment Commander, 118th Air Support Operations Squadron, Stanly County Airport, N.C.)
July 2012 - March 2013, Chief of Aircrew Training, 156th Airlift Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
March 2013 - June 2014, Commander, 145th Operations Support Squadron, Charlotte, N.C.
June 2014 - December 2015, Commander, 145th Maintenance Group, Charlotte, N.C. (June 2014 - August 2014, Commander, 746 Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Al Udeid AB, Qatar)
December 2015 - May 2018, Director of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Raleigh, N.C. (March 2017 - August 2017, Commander, 385th Air Expeditionary Group, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar)
June 2018 - March 2019, Director of Cyberspace Operations, Joint Force Headquarters, Raleigh, N.C.
February 2019 - March 2019, Chief of Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Raleigh, N.C.
April 2019 - Present, Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Joint Force Headquarters, Raleigh, N.C.
Flight Information
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight hours: More than 5,000
Aircraft flown: C-17, C-130 B/E/H1/H3, T-37B and T-38A
Major Awards and Decorations
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with fourteen oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Effective Dates of Promotion
Second Lieutenant Feb. 14, 1991
First Lieutenant March 6, 1993
Captain June 3, 1995
Major May 7, 2000
Lieutenant Colonel May 7, 2007
Colonel Dec. 11, 2014
Brigadier General Feb. 28, 2019