Major General R. Mike Worden
Major General R. Mike Worden is a commander at the US Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The US Air Force Warfare Center is responsible for assuring combat air, space, and information operations forces are trained and equipped to conduct integrated combat operations.
General Worden is a 1976 graduate of the US Air Force Academy. His early assignments include F-4 and F-16 instructor pilot, assistant professor of military history, and assistant football coach at the US Air Force Academy. He later served in combat and hostilities in operations Desert Storm and Provide Comfort in 1991. The general has been director of the Air Force Chief of Staff Operations Group, Director of Operations for US Forces Japan, and executive assistant to the Commander of Pacific Command. He has also served as deputy commander for NATO's Combined Air Operations Center Six, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, Eskisehir, Turkey. Additionally, he has commanded an operations group in the Pacific, a wing in Europe, and an expeditionary wing during hostilities in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
General Worden is a command pilot with more than 2,500 flying hours.