 |  | Colonel Zuhlke entered the Air Force in May 1995 as a graduate of the Air Force Academy. His assignments include operational tours at RAF Lakenheath and Mountain Home AFB and instructional tours at the F-15E Formal Training Unit (FTU) at Seymour Johnson AFB and the 17th Weapons Squadron (F-15E) of the USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB. He has served as an Exchange Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force, converting to the F/A-18 and instructing at the Australian F/A-18 Formal Training Unit and Fighter Weapons School. He also served as the Deputy Chief, Airspace, Ranges, and Airfield Operations Division, Headquarters Air Combat Command where he currently serves with the Inspector General. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Commander, USAFE-AFAFRICA Warfare Center and Commander, 561st Joint Tactics Squadron in Nevada. Colonel Zuhlke is a Command Pilot with over 3,000 flying hours, primarily in the F-15E Strike Eagle, and has participated in combat operations in Iraq, Serbia/Kosovo and Afghanistan.
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