Lieutenant General Suzuki Yasuhiko

(virtual participant)
RANK Lieutenant General (Since Aug. 2019)
EDUCATION National Defense Academy (Electric Engineering Class #32)
Command and Staff Officers Course, Republic of Korea (2000)
Air War College, United States (2007)
SPECIALTY Pilot (F- 4, F-15)
SERVICE CAREER
April 1988 Air Officer Candidate School
September 1988 Headquarters, Flight Training Command
June 1991 305th Fighter Squadron, 7th Wing
August 1993 302nd Fighter Squadron, 83rd Air Wing
March 2000 Internal Bureau, Ministry of Defense, Seconded to Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2002 Defense Plans and Programs Division, Defense Plans and Operations Department, Headquarters, Air Defense Command
August 2002 Personnel Division, Personnel and Education Department, Air Staff Office
August 2004 302nd Fighter Squadron, 83rd Air Wing
March 2005 Commander, 302nd Fighter Squadron, 83rd Air Wing
May 2007 Air War Collage, United States
August 2008 Instructor, War History and Strategy Department, Air Staff College
January 2009 1st Weapon Systems Section, Weapon Systems Programs Division, Defense Planning and Policy Department, Air Staff Office
April 2009 Chief, 1st Weapon Systems Section, Weapon Systems Programs Division, Defense Planning and Policy Department, Air Staff Office
August 2010 Director, Defense Plans and Operations Department, Headquarters, Central Air Defense Force
August 2011 Director, Personnel Division, Personnel and Education Department, Air Staff Office
August 2013 Commander, 83rd Air Wing and Naha Air Base
August 2015 Director, Defense Plans and Operations Directorate, Headquarters, Air Defense Command
August 2017 Director General, Personnel and Education Department, Air Staff Office
August 2019 Commander, Southwestern Air Defense Force
December 2020 Present Assignment