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COLONEL JOHN L. HAYES
Hayes, a native of Toledo, Ohio, was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Bowling Green State University. In August 1970, he entered active duty as a meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma.
Hayes is married to the former Sharon Marie Ciprian of Bedford, Ohio. They have three children, Laurel, Jennifer, and Marc.
EDUCATION
1977 Master of Science in Meteorology US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Cal.1985 Doctor of Philosophy in Meteorology US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Cal.
1973 Squadron Officer School
1978 Air Command and Staff College
1986 Air War College
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Staff weather officer supporting the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C.2. Staff weather officer for the 376th S trategic and 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wings and as the Officer in Charge of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program site, Kadena AB, Japan
3. Chief of Numerical Weather Forecasting and Operations Staff Officer, Air Force Global Weather Central, Offutt AFB, Neb.
4. Staff meteorologist for a classified program, Under Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Space Systems, Pentagon
5. Director of Aerospace Technology Development and Director of Planning, Headquarters Air Weather Service, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
6. Weather Detachment Commander and Director of Staff Meteorology for the Western Space and Missile Center, Vandenburg AFB, Cal.
7. Director of Staff Meteorology, Aeronautical Systems Division, and Chief of the Weather Division, HQ AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. Vice Commander Headquarters Air Weather Service, Scott AFB, Ill.
9. Commander, Air Force Global Weather Center, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.