AF Reserve Command vice commander retires

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  • By 1st Lt. Mattie Fuller
  • Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Maj. Gen. David E. Tanzi, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, will retire in a ceremony Jan. 11 after 37 years of service.

Lt. Gen. John A Bradley, chief of Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, will officiate the ceremony.

Maj. Gen Allan R. Poulin, former commander of AFRC’s 10th Air Force, will assume responsibility for the daily operations of the headquarters.

“The past year has been extremely busy for our command,” said General Tanzi. “Reservists have really stepped up to the plate. They’ve volunteered for deployments around the world, in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in our own backyard during the hurricane relief efforts. It has been my privilege to serve with them.”

As vice commander, General Tanzi oversaw the day-to-day operation for the Air Force Reserve Command and its headquarters here. AFRC has about 75,000 reservists who train and deploy regularly. The command is composed of three numbered Air Forces divided into 36 wings, three flying groups, one space group and more than 600 subordinate units. He reported to General Bradley, who serves on the Air Staff at the Pentagon.

General Tanzi began his military career in t the Ohio Air National Guard in 1968, earning his pilot wings in 1970 at Reese AFB, Texas. As a command pilot, he accumulated more than 4,500 hours in the F-100, F-105, F-4, A-10 and F-16 and has flown combat missions over Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort II.

During his career, the general has had numerous supervisory and command positions at the squadron, group, wing and numbered air force levels.

This assignment closes out General Tanzi’s second tour at AFRC headquarters. He served as the director of plans and programs from February 1999- March 2002.

General Tanzi is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he earned his master of science degree in education. He also earned his bachelor of science degree in the same program at the State University of New York, Cortland.

(AFRC News Service)