Maj Gen Evan Dertien, USAF

Edwards Air Force Base
Commander, Air Force Test Center
UPCOMING EVENT
2022 Aircraft Survivability Symposium
Bio
Maj. Gen. Evan C. Dertien serves as the Commander, Air Force Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. He directs a $31 billion enterprise of more than 18,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel across Edwards AFB, Eglin AFB, Florida and Arnold AFB, Tennessee. The AFTC provides developmental test and evaluation of experimental and research, manned and unmanned air, space, and cyber systems for the military services, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, NASA and international partners, in addition to operating the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.

Maj. Gen. Dertien was commissioned in 1993 from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He served as an operational F-15 pilot and completed three combat deployments prior to graduating from U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. He then served as an F-15, F-16 and F-22 test pilot and was also assigned as an initial cadre instructor pilot for the first operational F-22 unit at Langley AFB, Virginia. Maj. Gen. Dertien has served as a Flight Test Squadron Commander, Test Wing Commander and various roles at the center-level. Prior to his current position, Maj. Gen. Dertien was Director, Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Maj. Gen. Dertien is a command pilot with over 3,100 flying hours in a variety of aircraft.

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