Colonel Chad B. BonDurant serves as Commander, Detachment 10, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. He is the AFIMSC Commander’s senior representative to Headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command and is responsible for synchronizing installation and mission support (I&MS) to enable AFGSC missions. He leads a team of subject matter experts from civil engineering, security forces, logistics readiness, communications and financial management who advocate for and resource AFGSC’s critical I&MS requirements. “Striker Det 10” directly supports the 33,000 personnel assigned to the major command’s two numbered air forces, eight installations, nine wings and associated units representing the nation’s bomber fleet, the nuclear ICBM force, and other specialized nuclear and host wing capabilities.
Colonel BonDurant received his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in May 1995. Prior to his current position, he served as Commander, 352th Mission Support Group, Eielson AFB, Alaska. He has served as a civil design engineer, installation readiness and emergency management officer, base planner and programmer, construction manager, major command operations program manager, a joint engineer program manager at the Air Staff, a combatant command operations branch chief at U.S. Africa Command, squadron commander and mission support group commander. Colonel BonDurant has served multiple deployments to the Middle East supporting Operations Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force Horn of Africa and Inherent Resolve.
EDUCATION
1995 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2000 Squadron Officer School (Distinguished Graduate), Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 Masters of Science in Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2005 Air Command and Staff College, Correspondence
2009 Air Force Intern Program, Strategic Policy Intern, Washington, D.C.
2009 Joint Professional Military Education II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
2012 Air War College, Correspondence
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1995 - June 1998, Civil Engineer and Chief of Readiness, 96th Civil Engineer Group, Eglin AFB, Fla. (December 1996 - March 1997, Design Engineer, 4404th Wing (Provisional), Prince Sultan AB, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
2. June 1998 - September 1999, Civil Engineer, 65th Civil Engineer Squadron, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal
3. September 1999 - August 2002, Chief of Base Development and Chief of Construction Management, 86th CES, Ramstein Air Base, Germany (December 2000 - March 2001, Civil Engineer, 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan AB, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
4. August 2002 - March 2004, Graduate Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. March 2004 - November 2005, Chief, Infrastructure and Facilities, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (May - September 2005, Chief of Design, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid AB, Qatar)
6. November 2005 - July 2007, Joint Engineer Program Manager, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
7. July 2007 - July 2008, Assistant Executive Officer to the Civil Engineer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. July 2008 - June 2009, Strategic Policy Intern, Air Force Fellows, Washington, D.C.
9. June 2009 - August 2009, Student, JPME II, Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
10. September 2009 - June 2011, Operations Branch Chief, U.S. Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany
11. July 2011 - May 2013, Commander, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz.
12. May 2013 - May 2014, Commander, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Al Udeid AB, Qatar
13. June 2014 - October 2016, Chief of Comprehensive Program Development, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas (March 2016 - October 2016, Deputy Commander, 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group, Al Udeid AB, Qatar)
14. October 2016 - June 2017, Director of Staff, Air Force Civil Engineer Center, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
15. June 2017 - July 2020, Commander, 354th Mission Support Group, Eielson AFB, Alaska
16. August 2020 - Present, Commander, AFIMSC Detachment 10, Barksdale Air Force Base, La.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
September 2009 - July 2011, Headquarters U.S. Africa Command, Engineer Operations Branch Chief, Kelly Barracks, Germany, as a major and lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
2014 Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 1995
First Lieutenant May 1997
Captain May 1999
Major August 2005
Lieutenant Colonel June 2010
Colonel September 2016
(Current as of August 2020)