1. U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E…
COLONEL ANTHONY R. RAMAGE
Colonel Anthony R. Ramage is the Commander, Detachment 1, Air Force
Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC), Peterson Air Force
Base, Colorado. As Detachment 1 Commander, Colonel Ramage is the
AFIMSC Commander's senior representative to Headquarters Air Force
Space Command, leading a staff of 32 military and government/contractor
civilians, managing AFIMSC's enterprise wide assets to support AFSPC’s
38,000 professionals assigned to 134 locations worldwide.
Colonel Ramage is a 1985 graduate of S.D. Lee High School in
Columbus, MS. He was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve
Officer Training Corps program in 1989 from Mississippi State University
with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. A career civil
engineer officer, he commanded a civil engineer squadron, a civil
engineer group, and served in a variety of positions at installation,
numbered air force, major command, Air Staff and Joint Staff levels. His
deployment experience includes deployments to Dhahran AB, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, multiple locations
throughout Europe in support of Balkans’ peacekeeping operations, and Baghdad, Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Ramage commanded the 673d Civil Engineer Group where he led
1,110 personnel responsible for construction, maintenance, repair, and natural and built asset management
of $15B of infrastructure on 84,000 acres as well as the readiness, emergency management, explosive
ordnance disposal and fire protection for over 16,000 assigned military personnel, supporting three Air Force
wings and two Army brigades.
Colonel Ramage is a native of Mississippi. He is married to the former Paulette C. Smith of Anaheim,
California. They have 2 children, Gabriel (21) and Michael (18).
EDUCATION
1989 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
1995 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL
1998 Master of Arts in Business Administration, Bowie State University
2002 Air Command and Staff College (correspondence), Maxwell AFB, AL
2007 Air War College (correspondence), Maxwell AFB, AL
2010 Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA

2. ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1990 - March 1994: Electrical Engineer, Squadron Section Commander, and Resources Flight
Chief, 63rd Civil Engineer Squadron, Norton AFB, CA
2. March 1994 - June 1996: Chief of Maintenance Engineering, and later Readiness Flight Chief, 9th Civil
Engineer Squadron, Beale AFB, CA
3. June 1996 - June 1999: Chief of Engineering and Services Element, and Chief Regional Engineer and
Readiness Officer, Headquarters 16th Air Force, Aviano AB, Italy
4. June 1999 - June 2002: Command MILCON Program Manager, and later Command Housing Execution
Program Manager, Directorate of The Civil Engineer, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB,
VA
5. June 2002 - June 2004: Engineering Flight Commander, and later Operations Flight Commander, 65th
Civil Engineer Squadron Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal
6. June 2004 – August 2006: Environmental Program Manager, Environmental Division, and later Assistant
Executive Officer, Office of the Civil Engineer, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington
DC
7. April 2006 – June 2007: Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Headquarters
United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC
8. June 2007 – July 2009: Commander, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ
9. July 2009 – June 2010: Student, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
10. July 2010 – June 2012: Chief, Capabilities Integration Branch, and later Deputy Director, Joint
Requirements Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JRO CBRND), the Force
Structure, Resources, and Assessment Directorate (J-8), Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington DC
11. July 2012 – July 2015: Commander, 673d Civil Engineer Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK
12. August 2015 – Present: Commander, Detachment 1, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center,
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2001 Professional Engineer Registration, Commonwealth of Virginia
2003 65th Air Base Wing Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award
2003 USAFE Senior Military Manager of the Year
2003 USAFE Brig Gen Archie S. Mayes Outstanding Engineering Flight of the Year Award
2004 USAFE Maj Gen Clifton D. Wright Outstanding Operations Flight of the Year Award
2009 AETC Air Force Outstanding Civil Engineer Unit Award
2012 PACAF Outstanding Civil Engineer Unit Award
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant 19 December 1989
First Lieutenant 1 May 1992
Captain 1 May 1994
Major 1 May 2001
Lieutenant Colonel 1 May 2006
Colonel 1 November 2011
(Current as of August 2016)