Thomas Mikolajcik

Brigadier General Thomas R. Mikolajcik was director of transportation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, logistics, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. He provided guidance and direction to Air Force activities on transportation plans, policy and programs. Also included is the movement of Air Force-sponsored passengers, patients, personal property (household goods, unaccompanied baggage, privately owned vehicles, mobile homes and weapons), and cargo by all modes of commercial and military carriers.

The general is a 1969 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He completed pilot training in 1970, and has served as a C-141 pilot, instructor, aircraft commander, war plans officer, current operations officer, mobility project officer, adviser to chief of staff for airlift and logistics policy. He has held several staff positions, and has served as squadron commander, wing vice commander and commander of two wings. Additionally, he was the U.S. Air Force component commander in Somalia from December 1992 to March 1993 during Operation Restore Hope. He is a command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours.

General Mikolajcik retired from military service on October 1, 1996.

The Mikolajcik Engineering Laboratory Center at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston is named in his honor.

Sources

* [http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6462 Bio at AF.MIL]
* [http://brown.house.gov/list/press/sc01_brown/newsletter070323.shtml A newsletter describing the center named for him]