Colonel Jeff J. Mrazik is currently serving as the Commander, 6th Operations Group, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida. He is responsible for the planning and execution of global aerial refueling missions in direct support of the Secretary of Defense, Combatant Commanders, and other national and international leaders. He leads a group comprised of 544 Airmen, four squadrons, and 24 KC-135 aircraft.
Colonel Mrazik was commissioned upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy in 1999. He is a Command Pilot and has flown missions worldwide in the C-21A, KC-10A, KC-135R/T, and KC-135RT, executing operational combat deployments in each. He served as a squadron commander for air refueling operations over Southwest Asia.
His staff experience includes assignments as a joint officer at NATO’s Headquarters Allied Air Command, Ramstein Airbase, Germany and as an exchange officer to the United Kingdom’s Joint Force Air Component Headquarters, Royal Air Force High Wycombe, UK.
EDUCATION
1999 Bachelor of Science, Foreign Area Studies (Europe), U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
2005 Squadron Officer School (Non-Res)
2005 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Master of Arts, Diplomacy, Norwich University, Vt.
2008 Air Command and Staff College (Non-Res)
2011 Advanced Command and Staff Course, Shrivenham, United Kingdom
2011 Master of Arts, Defence Studies, King’s College, London
2014 Master of Philosophy, Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2020 Stephen R. Lorenz Fellowship for Advanced Research and Composition, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2022 Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Norfolk, Va
2022 Doctor of Philosophy, Military Strategy, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 1999 – December 1999, Transition Officer, United States Air Force Academy, Colo., and Columbus AFB, Miss.
2. December 1999 – March 2001, Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, Columbus AFB, Miss.
3. March 2001 – September 2003, C-21A Instructor Aircraft Commander, Assistant Chief of Training, 458th Airlift Squadron, Scott AFB, Ill.
4. September 2003 – May 2006, KC-10A Instructor Aircraft Commander, Mission Controller and Chief Executive Officer, 2d Air Refueling Squadron, McGuire AFB, N.J.
5. May 2006 – December 2007, Wing Executive Officer, Formal Training Unit Instructor Aircraft Commander, 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J.
6. December 2007 – October 2008, Readiness Flight Commander, KC-135R/T Instructor Aircraft Commander, 350th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell AFB, Kans.
7. October 2008 – June 2010, Chief, Wing Inspections and Chief, Plans and Programs, KC-135R/T Instructor Aircraft Commander, 22d Air Refueling Wing, McConnell AFB, Kan.
8. June 2010 – July 2011, Student, Advanced Command and Staff Course, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, United Kingdom
9. July 2011 – June 2013, Exchange Officer, Military Personnel Exchange Program, Ramstein AB, Germany, assigned as Royal Air Force Chief, Air Strategy Cell, and Deputy Head, Strategy Division, United Kingdom Joint Forces Air Component Headquarters, RAF High Wycombe, United Kingdom
10. June 2013 – June 2014, Student, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 2014 – October 2014, Student, KC-135R/T Instructor Aircraft Commander Requalification, Altus AFB, Ok.
12. October 2014 – May 2015, Special Assistant to the Commander, 22d Operations Group, McConnell AFB, Ks.
13. May 2015 – June 2016, Commander, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
14. June 2016 – June 2019, Chief, Joint Exercises, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters Allied Air Command, Ramstein AB, Germany.
15. July 2019 – August 2020, Lorenz Fellow, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
16. August 2020 – December 2020, Director of Staff, Capability Development, Air Force Futures, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
17. December 2020 – July 2023, Deputy Lead, Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
18. July 2023 – Present, Commander, 6th Operations Group, MacDill Air Force Base, Fl.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. June 2016 – June 2019, Chief, Joint Exercises, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters Allied Air Command, Ramstein AB, Germany, as a lieutenant colonel
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Flight Hours: More than 3,600
Aircraft Flown: KC-135R/T, KC-135RT, KC-10A, C-21A, T-1A, T-37B
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service
Medal with fourth Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 2, 1999
First Lieutenant June 2, 2001
Captain June 2, 2003
Major December 1, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel June 1, 2014
Colonel July 1, 2020
(Current as of August 2023)