CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT JERRY R. ROGERS
Chief Master Sergeant Jerry R. Rogers is the Quality Assurance Superintendent of the, 940th Maintenance Group, 940th Air Refueling Wing, Beale Air Force Base,Calif. He serves as an aircraft maintenance technical advisor to the Group Commander. He provides valuable input on issues concerning aircraft and personnel safety, improvement of the quality of aircraft maintenance, and assists the Safety of Flight office with aircraft accident investigations. His office is also responsible for the daily insurance of the strict compliance of Air Force Technical orders. In addition, Chief Rogers’ office is responsible for 13 critical aircraft programs ranging from Safety, Aircraft Functional Check Flight, FOD prevention, Aircraft Impoundment program, and Aircraft Weight/Balance. He supervises a team of seven dedicated inspectors who assist in the accomplishment of the maintenance mission.
Chief Rogers has been in the armed services for more than 25 years.He entered the US Navy in June 1975 and completed technical training as a Jet Engine Technician,Naval Air Station, (NAS) Millington, Tenn. He has served as a Plane Captain on the A-4 Sky hawk, NAS Kingsville TX, and as jet propulsion mechanic on F-4 Phantoms, VF-154 NAS Miramar, CA. Deploying in 1979 for a Western Pacific Cruise on board the USS Ranger, CV-61. He was discharged from the US Navy in July 1979.
In 1989, after a 10 year break in service, he joined the 940th ARW as a traditional reservist and was assigned as an Assistant Crew Chief on the KC-135 Stratotanker. His civilian career was with the SacramentoAirLogisticsCenter, ALC, as an aircraft mechanic on A-10, F-4, F-111, and KC-135 aircraft. In 1997 Chief Rogers left the ALC and became an Air Reserve Technician with the 940th Maintenance Group, serving as an aircraft Crew Chief. His deployments during this time included, Operations, Desert Shield, Desert Strom, Enduring Freedom, Restore Hope, Deny Flight, Northern and Southern Watch, Noble Eagle and Operation Enduring/ Iraqi Freedom. He has participated in every major deployment sense, Operation Desert Shield to Operation Noble Eagle. In 1999 he accepted a position in the Quality Assurance Office, as an aircraft maintenance inspector. He was appointed to his current position as the 940th Quality Assurance Superintendent in September 2004.
EDUCATION
1989 Associates Degree in Business Management, AmericanRiverCollege, Sacramento, CA.
1992 Noncommissioned OfficerAcademy, Correspondence
1997 Associates Degree in Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force
1997 Air Mobility Command Aircraft Production Supervisor Course, Ft Dix, NJ.
2000 Aircraft Quality Assurance Course, Sheppard AFB, TX.
2001 Senior Noncommissioned OfficerAcademy (Correspondence)
ASSIGNMENTS
June 1975 - August 1975 Recruit Naval TrainingCenter, San Diego, CA.
September 1975 - December 1975 Aviation Machinist Mate ‘A’ school NAS, Millington, TN.
January 1976 - July 1977 Plane Captain A-4 Sky Hawk, NAS, KingsvilleTX.
August 1977 - January 1979 Aviation Machinist Mate F-4 Phantom VF-154 NAS, San Diego, CA.
February 1979 - July 1979 Aviation Machinist Mate USS Ranger (CV61)
March 1989 - March 1993 Assistant Crew Chief KC-135E 940th Air Refueling Group, Mather AFB, CA.
April 1993 - February 1997 Assistant Crew Chief, KC-135E940th Air Refueling Wing, McClellan AFB, CA.
March 1997 - December 1998 Crew Chief, KC135E, Beale AFB, CA.
December 1999 - September 2004 Aircraft Quality Assurance Inspector 940th Maintenance Group, Beale AFB, CA.
September 2004 - Present Quality Assurance Superintendent, 940th Maintenance Group, Beale AFB, CA.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two bronze oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device one silver and bronze oak leaf cluster
Navy Good Conduct Medal
Air ReserveForces Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star device
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one Silver Star device
Southwest Asia Service Medal with three bronze star devices
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal with four bronze star devices
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one bronze star device
Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon with three oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with silver hour glass device 6 ‘M’ Devices
Air force Training Ribbon
NATO Medal
KuwaitLiberationMedalKingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
940th Air Refueling Wing Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year 2001
October 2001 “Promotion for Exceptional Performance” to Senior Master Sergeant
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Chief Master Sergeant Sept. 1, 2004