Deputy Commanding General - Air
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Brig. Gen. Michael R. Boera is the Commanding General, Combined Air Power Transition Force, NATO Training Mission and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, as well as the Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan. He leads a joint and combined organization to mentor, train, and assist the Afghan National Security Forces' aviation units. He conducts strategic level coordination with U.S. Central Command, International Security Assistance Forces and the Afghan ministries of Defense and Interior to develop presidential airlift, battlefield mobility, attack, command and control, counternarcotics, police aviation security, and reconnaissance capabilities of the Afghan air forces.
General Boera entered the Air Force in 1981 after graduating from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He has served on a major command and combined air operations center staff, and commanded a fighter squadron, cadet group, fighter operations group, wing, and an air and space operations center. Prior to his current assignment, he was Deputy Director for Operations at U.S. Pacific Command. He is a graduate of Army Command and General Staff College and the Air War College.
During Operation Allied Force, General Boera led his F-16CJ squadron in the first attack in Serbia. Additionally, he led his squadron on deployments in support of operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch and Deliberate Forge. He is a command pilot with more than 5,500 flying hours and has flown 160 combat missions in the F-16. He also deployed in support of operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Provide Comfort and Unified Assistance, the tsunami humanitarian relief effort in south Asia.
