Colonel Wilson D. Crafton Jr, USAF

Chief
Customer Service Division
Office of the Manager
National Communications System
701 S. Court House Rd.
Arlington, VA 22204-2198

Colonel Dave Crafton is the Chief, Customer Service Division for the Office of the Manager, National Communications System, located in Arlington, Virginia. He assumed the position on June 20, 2001. Prior to his National Communications System assignment, Colonel Crafton was a Staff Analyst for C3 Directorate, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence. He performed OSD oversight and functional management of selected USAF and Joint programs, and the National Airspace System (NAS). Colonel Crafton was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on January 6, 1955. He graduated from Pinole Valley High School in 1973. A graduate of the Air Force Academy, Colonel Crafton received a Bachelor of Science Degree in History in 1977 and a Masters Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1983. He completed Squadron Officer School in 1984, Air Command and Staff College in 1987, and Air War College, in-residence in 1997.

KEY ASSIGNMENTS:
Jul 79 - Jun 80 Chief, Data Automation, 4787th Air Base Group, Duluth Field, MN
Jun 80 - Jun 83 Chief, Data Automation, 475th Air Base Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan
Jun 84 - Aug 87 Systems Integration Analyst; Chief Planner, Wing Command and Control Systems; and Chief Implementation, Wing Command and Control Systems; Deputy Chief of Staff for Command, Control, Communications and Computers Systems, Headquarters, USAFE, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Jun 88 - Sep 90 Chief, Computer Operations Branch, Directorate of Command, Control, Communications and Computers Systems, USEUCOM, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
Sep 93 - Jul 95 Chief, Interoperability Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff Command, Control Communications and Computers, Air Staff, Washington, DC
Jul 95 - Jun 96 Chief, Information Technology Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff Command, Control Communications and Computers, Air Staff, Washington, DC
Jun 96 - Jun 97 Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL
Jul 97 - Jun 99 Commander, 56 Communications Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, AZ
Jun 99 - Jun 01 AF C3 Staff Analyst for the C3 Directorate, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence, Washington DC