William J. Liquori Jr.

William J. "Bill" Liquori Jr. is a major general in the United States Air Force currently serving as the director of strategic requirements, architectures, and analysis of the United States Space Force.[1][2] In July 2020, he was nominated for transfer to the Space Force,[3] promotion to lieutenant general[4] and assignment as deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs, requirements and analysis, Office of the Chief of Space Operations.[5]

William J. Liquori Jr.
Nickname(s)	"Bill"
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1991–present (29 years)
Rank	Major General
Commands held	50th Space Wing
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal (3) Legion of Merit (2) Defense Meritorious Service Medal (3) Meritorious Service Medal Joint Service Achievement Medal Air Force Commendation Medal (2) Joint Meritorious Unit Award Air Force Outstanding Unit Award National Defense Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Prior to being assigned at his current position, he was commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing of the United States Air Force. Prior to his current assignment, Maj. Gen. Liquori served as the Director, Space Policy, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President.[6]

Liquori entered the Air Force in 1991 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at Boston University. His career has included numerous operations and staff positions in Air Force Space Command, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Air Force Secretariat, U.S. European Command and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Maj. Gen. Liquori has commanded a space operations squadron and the 50th Space Wing. He is a graduate and former instructor of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. His operational experiences include operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom.[6]

Education

1991 Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Boston University, Boston
1996 Master of Arts, Computer Resources and Information Management, Webster University, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1998 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2000 Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Air Force Weapons Instructor Course, Space, Nellis AFB, Nev.
2004 Distinguished Graduate, Air Command & Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2009 Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Marine Corps War College, Quantico, Va.
2012 Leadership Enhancement Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, N.C.
2013 Seminar XXI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
2017 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019 Advanced Senior Leader Development Seminar, Warrenton, Va.

Assignments

1. May 1992–July 1992, Student, Undergraduate Space Training, Lowry Air Force Base, Colo.
2. August 1992–March 1996, Chief, UHF F/O Procedures Section, Senior Satellite Operations Crew Commander, Satellite Engineering Officer, Satellite Operations Crew Commander, Student, 3rd Space Operations Squadron, Falcon AFB, Colo.
3. March 1996–June 2000, Executive Officer, Chief, Launch Readiness Division, Operations Support Flight Commander, Senior Flight Commander, Flight Commander, Office of Space Operations, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Space) with duty at the National Reconnaissance Office, Onizuka Air Station, Calif.
4. June 2000–December 2000, Student, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
5. January 2001–June 2003, Assistant Operations Officer, Missions Flight Commander, Instructor, 328th Weapons Squadron, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
6. July 2003–June 2004, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 2004–June 2005, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
8. July 2005–June 2006, Chief, Space Control and Force Application Branch, National Security Space Office, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. June 2006–June 2008, Commander, Space Operations Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colo.
10. July 2008–June 2009, Student, U.S. Marine Corps War College, Quantico, Va.
11. July 2009–June 2011, Chief, Missile Defense Division, Strategy, Policy, Partnering, and Capabilities Directorate, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
12. June 2011–July 2013, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Fellow, with duty as Director, Space Policy Implementation, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Space), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. July 2013–May 2015, Commander, 50th Space Wing, Schriever AFB, Colo.
14. June 2015–February 2016, Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
15. February 2016 – August 2018, Director, Space Policy, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C.
16. August 2018–December 2019, Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
17. December 2019–present, Director of Strategic Requirements, Architectures and Analysis, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, Peterson AFB, Colo.

Effective dates of promotion

Rank	Date
Second lieutenant	May 11, 1991
First lieutenant	November 3, 1993
Captain	November 3, 1995
Major	August 1, 2002
Lieutenant colonel	March 1, 2006
Colonel	October 1, 2009
Brigadier general	July 3, 2016
Major general	May 2, 2019

References

1. Erwin, Sandra (February 19, 2020). "U.S. Space Force rolls out plan to change how it buys satcom services". SpaceNews. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
2. Erwin, Sandra (February 8, 2020). "Space Force-sponsored study to assess capabilities of commercial industry". SpaceNews. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
3. "PN2133 — Maj. Gen. William J. Liquori Jr. — Space Force". U.S. Congress. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
4. "PN2137 — Maj. Gen. William J. Liquori Jr. — Space Force". U.S. Congress. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
5. "General Officer Announcements". U.S. Department of Defense. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
6. "Major General William J. Liquori Jr". United States Air Force. March 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Military offices
Preceded by James P. Ross	Commander of the 50th Space Wing July 11, 2013–May 29, 2015	Succeeded by DeAnna M. Burt