Commander of Detachment 160
Cadre & Staff   -  Admissions Officer



Philip M. Byrd, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Commander, AFROTC Detachment 160
Professor of Aerospace Studies, Sophomore Class

Biloxi High School, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1984
B.S. Marketing Administration, University of Southern Mississippi, 1989
M.S. Human Resources Administration, Central Michigan University, 1994

Commissioned, AFROTC, 1989
Squadron Officer School, 1996
Air Command and Staff College, 2001
Air War College

















1989 - Undergraduate Missile Training – Vandenberg AFB, CA
1990 - Deputy Combat Crew, 448th Strategic Missile Sqdn, Grand Forks AFB, ND
1991 - Combat Crew CC, 448th Strategic Missile Sqdn, Grand Forks AFB, ND
1992 - Combat Crew CC/Instr, 448th SMS, Grand Forks AFB, ND
1993 - Combat Crew CC/Instr/Evaluator, 448th SMS, Grand Forks AFB, ND
1994 - APAS/UAO & COC, AFROTC Det 432, Univ of Southern Miss, Hattiesburg, MS
1996 - Student, Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, AL
1997 - Space Surveillance Crew CC, 20th Space Surveillance Sqdn, Eglin AFB, FL
1998 - Space Surveillance Crew CC/Instructor, 20th SPSS, Eglin AFB, FL
1999 - Ops Support Flight Commander/Space Surveillance Crew CC, 20th SPSS,Eglin AFB, FL
2000 - Director of Operations, 533d Training Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, CA
2003 - Executive Officer, Directorate of Operations, HQ Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, TX
2004 - Commander, 362d Recruiting Squadron, March ARB, CA
2006 - Deputy Director, Directorate of Plans and Requirements, HQ 3rd Air Force, Ramstein AB, Germany
2008 - USAFE Liaison to European Command Joint Operations Center, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
2008 - Director, Knowledge Operations Directorate, HQ 3rd Air Force, Ramstein AB, Germany
2009 - Commander, AFROTC Det 160 and Professor of Aerospace Studies, University of Georgia, Athens GA