Colonel Kevin “Tread” Anderson entered the United States Air Force in June 2005 when he graduated from the US Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. After his commission, he attended Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and completed the F-16 Basic Operational Training Course as a Distinguished Graduate in 2008. Since then, Colonel Anderson has had various assignments across four MAJCOMs, as well as an Olmsted Scholar international exchange program in Valparaíso, Chile. His operational experience includes four deployments in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, ODYSSEY DAWN, INHERENT RESOLVE, FREEDOM’s SENTINEL, and SPARTAN SHIELD, as well as numerous NATO Air Policing taskings.

Colonel Anderson commanded the 510th Fighter Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, and most recently, graduated with Academic Distinction from Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Colonel Anderson is a graduate of the US Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, and holds master’s degrees in Systems Engineering, International Relations, and Military Strategic Studies with an emphasis on joint planning.

Colonel Anderson is a Wild Weasel instructor pilot and Forward Air Controller (Airborne) with over 3,600 flight hours, over 190 combat missions, and over 1,000 combat hours in the F-16.