New York Air National Guard Major General Kevin Bradley is promoted to two-star rank on Monday, June 22, 2015 by his mother Maureen ( left) and wife Karen during ceremonies at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, N.Y., as Major General Patrick Murphy, the Adjutant General of New York, looks on. (U.S.Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone/released)
New York Air National Guard Major General Kevin Bradley is promoted to two-star rank on Monday, June 22, 2015 by his mother Maureen ( left) and wife Karen during ceremonies at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, N.Y., as Major General Patrick Murphy, the Adjutant General of New York, looks on. (U.S.Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone/released)
New York Air National Guard Major General Kevin Bradley is promoted to two-star rank on Monday, June 22, 2015 by his mother Maureen ( left) and wife Karen during ceremonies at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham, N.Y., as Major General Patrick Murphy, the Adjutant General of New York, looks on. (U.S.Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steven Petibone/released)

Major General Kevin Bradley’s rank is pinned on by his wife Karen and mother Maureen during promotion ceremonies on June 22 as New York National Guard Commander Major General Patrick Murphy watches.

 (June 23, 2015) New York Air National Guard Brigadier General Kevin Bradley, a Manlius resident, Iraq War and Persian Gulf War veteran, and former commander of the 174th Fighter Wing, was promoted to the rank of Major General (two-star) on Monday June 22 during a ceremony at New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs headquarters in Latham.

Bradley is also a former commander of the Syracuse-based 174th Fighter Wing. He has served in the Air Force and Air National Guard since 1984.

Brig. Gen. Anthony German was also promoted to Major General and named commander of the 5,900-member New York Air National Guard.

Bradley serves as the National Guard Assistant to the Commander of United States Cyber Command. Cyber Command is responsible for defending U.S. computer and information networks and in wartime could initiate attacks on hostile nation’s computer networks.

In his remarks he praised his wife Karen A. Bradley, for her support and the Airmen who serve in the New York Air National Guard.

“This is a team effort,” Bradley said. “This is a team sport. Our missions are successful because of our people.”

Bradley joined the Air Force in 1984 and began flying F-16s has an operational pilot in 1985. He joined the New York Air National Guard’s 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in 1992. He served as a leader in F-16 fighter units at the squadron, group and wing level and has more than 3,700 hours of flight time in fighters.

Bradley participated in missions supporting Operation Northern Watch, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Provide Comfort in Iraq following the Persian Gulf War, and Operation Noble Eagle, the defense of the United States following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

He was named commander of the 174th Fighter Wing in 2008 and served in that position until 2012, overseeing the wing’s transition from manned fighter to remotely piloted aircraft operations.

He then became Assistant Adjutant General –Air for the New York National Guard and also served as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Chief, Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer for the United States Air Force in Washington.

In 2014 he began serving as the Assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard at the Pentagon. In that position he was responsible for overseeing Air Guard plans and requirements for aircraft and strategic planning.

Bradley holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Embry-riddle Aeronautical University, and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Collage. He is a graduate of the Air War College, the Joint Task Force Commander Training Course, the National Security Management Course at Syracuse University, the General and Flag Officer Course at National Defense University and the Advanced Joint Professional Military Education Course.

Bradley’s awards include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

 

 

 

 

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