Brigadier General Jacob Middleton

Bio

Brig. Gen. Jacob “DB” Middleton is the Commander, U.S. Space Forces Europe and
Space Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. SPACEFOREUR-AF plans,
coordinates, supports, and conducts employment of space operations across the
full range of military operations, including security cooperation, in support of U.S.
European Command and U.S. Africa Command objectives.
Brig. Gen. Middleton enlisted in the Air Force in August 1992 and received his
commission through the Officer Training School in November 1998. He is a career
space and missile operations officer and has commanded the Air Force Element
Operations Squadron at the Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado; Vice Wing
Commander, 50th Space Wing; Commander of Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado
and Delta 20. He served in the Pentagon as an Air Force Strategic Policy Intern in
the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs and as the
Senior Congressional Advisor to the Chief of Space Operations. He deployed in
support of Operations Inherent Resolve, Freedom's Sentinel and the Resolute
Support mission; and is a graduate of the School of Advanced Air and Space
Studies.
Prior to his current assignment, Brig. Gen. Middleton was the Deputy Director for
Operations, Operations Directorate, the Joint Staff, in the National Military
Command Center, Washington, D.C., where he was responsible to the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff for ensuring continuous 24/7 operations from the National
Joint Operations and Intelligence Center including nuclear command and control
and global operations monitoring, reporting, and direction to combatant commands.