LTG Thomas K.
Hensley, USAF
LTG Thomas K. Hensley, USAF
Commander, Sixteenth Air Force, Commander, Air Forces Cyber
Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber
Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Hensley is the Deputy Commander, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Sixteenth Air Force ensures the readiness of more than 44,000 personnel conducting worldwide operations by delivering electromagnetic warfare capabilities, multisource intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance products, applications, capabilities and resources. In addition, they build, extend, operate, secure and defend the Air Force portion of the Department of Defense global network. The command also serves as the Service Cryptologic Component, responsible to the Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security Service, as the Air Force's sole authority for matters involving the conduct of cryptologic activities. Sixteenth Air Force leads Air Force global information warfare activities with nine wings, a technical center and operations center.
Maj. Gen. Hensley earned his commission as a graduate of Texas A&M University in 1992. After completing his Intelligence Officer Training, he was assigned as a Chief Intelligence Systems Element at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Maj. Gen. Hensley served in various operational intelligence assignments including tours at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; and Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Joint Military Intelligence College, the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. He has served as a Squadron, Group, and Wing Commander as well as a Joint Task Force and Combatant Command Director of Intelligence. Maj. Gen. Hensley supported contingency operations during operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. Prior to his current assignment, the general was the Deputy Director of Operations for Combat Support, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
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